Liberation in Warsaw

Identifier
irn1003280
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.473.1
  • RG-60.3848
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Filmoteka Narodowa

Scope and Content

Majdanek after liberation. Sign acknowledging the L. Rechkemmer firm of Warsaw for providing the heating and plumbing facilities at the camp. Human skulls in the grass. Eyeglasses, shoes, hairbrushes, other personal belongings. Soviets inspecting the camp, walking across a huge pile of shoes. Crowds line the streets, greeting returning Polish army. Man standing on a tank speaks to crowd.

Note(s)

  • The WFDiF original archive number is most likely another reel of MF 0441 - there are thirteen reels. Reel 2 precedes this story. USHMM Betacam made from VHS copies provided by WFDiF.

Subjects

  • SOVIETS
  • HUMAN REMAINS
  • EYEGLASSES
  • CROWDS
  • POLAND
  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • LIBERATION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH)
  • INSPECTION/INVESTIGATION
  • MARCHING
  • MAJDANEK
  • TANKS
  • SHOES
  • FLOWERS

Places

  • Lublin, Poland
  • Warsaw, Poland

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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