Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: The Historical Archive
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NLS6XY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,541 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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This is a collection of two fascinating and very graphic films that were created by soldiers on the ground towards the end of World War II as they liberated concentration camps. The footage - detailed below - is quite graphic in some parts. The first film is titled Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) - Run time: 51:56 Audio/Visual: sound, Black & White - Compilation footage of Nazi concentration camps in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The footage was gathered by the US Department of Defense as part of the effort to conduct war crimes trials. This film shows actual scenes of concentration camp victims and is quite graphic in some places. Some examples of the footage in this very explicit segment include: At Leipsig Concentration Camp, there are piles of dead bodies, and many living Russian, Czechoslovakian, Polish and French prisoners. At Penig Concentration Camp, Hungarian women and others display wounds. Doctors treat patients and U.S. Red Cross workers move them to German Air Force hospital where their former captors are forced to care for them. At Breendonck Concentration Camp, Belgium, methods of torture are demonstrated. At Harlan Concentration Camp near Hannover, U.S. Red Cross aides Polish survivors. At Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Army trucks arrive with aid for survivors. Piles of dead, mutilated and emaciated bodies. Some survivors among dead. Huge ovens and piles of bone ash on floor of crematorium. The second film is titled The Death Mills is a 1945 American propaganda documentary film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by the United States Department of War. It was created to educate German audiences about the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime. The film states that 20 million people were killed and describes many of the more common practices committed during the Holocaust. - Run time: 21:22 Audio/Visual: sound, Black & White - This is the first actual newsreel showing pictures of atrocities in Nazi murder camps.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY EDUCATIONAL, February 16, 2009

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Patricia G. Howard "HOT CHICK" (KINSTON, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NAZI Jewish Concentration Holocaust & Death Camps Film Collection DVD: Including Very Graphic Scenes from Arnstadt, Breendonck, Buchenwald, Dachau, Hannover, Mauthausen, Ohrdruf, Penig and More (DVD)

THIS MOVIE WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND WOULD BE EXCELLENT FOR TEACHERS TO SHOW IN THEIR HISTORY CLASS.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Concentraion camp dvd, May 3, 2010

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Nathan K. Kirkby - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NAZI Jewish Concentration Holocaust & Death Camps Film Collection DVD: Including Very Graphic Scenes from Arnstadt, Breendonck, Buchenwald, Dachau, Hannover, Mauthausen, Ohrdruf, Penig and More (DVD)

very educational despite the awfulness of the quality.
- dvd comes in a case where the cover is printed in black and white from a home computer. and the dvd looks like a burnt disk

apart from that a good watch if you have the stomache.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very educational but not for small children, February 13, 2010

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Sherry B "Sherry" (CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NAZI Jewish Concentration Holocaust & Death Camps Film Collection DVD: Including Very Graphic Scenes from Arnstadt, Breendonck, Buchenwald, Dachau, Hannover, Mauthausen, Ohrdruf, Penig and More (DVD)

This is very educational. I show it to my students because when you describe the Holocaust to them, they can't wrap their minds around what you are talking about until they see it first hand. I only show it to the older students' class. But I think it is necessary to show it because it is just words on a page until you see the people who endured this Hell. Not for really small children.