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Memory of the Camps

The British Army Film Unit captured the harrowing footage of concentration camps in Germany in 1945, providing a haunting and powerful testament to the atrocities of World War II.

Allied camera teams filmed footage of German concentration camps in April/May 1945, capturing scenes of dead detainees and malnourished survivors. The goal was to create a documentary exposing Nazi atrocities to weaken pro-Nazi sentiment and provide evidence of the atrocities. Although the film was never completed, the footage was archived. In 2014, the footage and original script narration were used to create a documentary from the perspective of liberating Allied soldiers.

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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey - IWM restoration of a lost masterpiece

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Info about Memory of the Camps

Studio(s): Ministry of Information, U.S. Office of War Information

Originally Released: United States, Jan 06, 2017

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary, History, War