Das Konzentrationslager Dachau

original title:
Das Konzentrationslager Dachau
country / year of production:
Germany / 1995 (x)
original length:
90 min. , color
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Documentary
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director:
Bernd Dost , Jutta Neupert
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plot synopsis:
The documentary shows how US troops free the prisoners of the concentration camp Dachau on 29th of April 1945. 30.000 prisoners from 31 nations are saved. Most of them are ill or nearly died of starvation. Eventual they can escape the eternal fear that Himmler could give the order to kill them in the last moment.
keywords:
concentration camps , anti-semitism , prisoners of war , war crimes , liberation , authenticity
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Stanislav Zámecník. Das war Dachau. [Luxemburg]: Stiftung Comité International de Dachau, 2002.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/
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