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"Auschwitz" is the title of a Soviet documentary/propaganda film about the infamous German concentration camp Auschwitz in occupied Poland, where around 1,1 Million people, the majority Jews, were killed by the Germans as part of the Holocaust.
The camp in Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust, and the date of its liberation, January 27th, 1945, is nowadays remembered as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Shortly after the Liberation, in January and February, Soviet cameramen arrived at Auschwitz, taking the earliest photos and footage of the camp. This also included a number of staged and re-enacted scenes, such as of the Liberation itself, which was not filmed originally.
The footage was then edited into a movie simply called "Auschwitz" which premiered in Moscow in May 1945; a German dub was created in June and mainly shown in the Soviet occupation zones in Germany and Austria.
Many scenes from this film were later used in documentaries about the Holocaust.
The film contains a number of inaccuracies, such as the early claims by the Soviets that around 4 million people were killed in Auschwitz (in reality, this number was at 1,1 million). These inaccuracies are mostly because the full extent of the Holocaust was not well researched so shortly after the end of the war, but also because the Soviets wanted to keep the numbers higher for propaganda reasons.
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Subtitles made by me.
"Auschwitz" is the title of a Soviet documentary/propaganda film about the infamous German concentration camp Auschwitz in occupied Poland, where around 1,1 Million people, the majority Jews, were killed by the Germans as part of the Holocaust.
The camp in Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust, and the date of its liberation, January 27th, 1945, is nowadays remembered as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Shortly after the Liberation, in January and February, Soviet cameramen arrived at Auschwitz, taking the earliest photos and footage of the camp. This also included a number of staged and re-enacted scenes, such as of the Liberation itself, which was not filmed originally.
The footage was then edited into a movie simply called "Auschwitz" which premiered in Moscow in May 1945; a German dub was created in June and mainly shown in the Soviet occupation zones in Germany and Austria.
Many scenes from this film were later used in documentaries about the Holocaust.
The film contains a number of inaccuracies, such as the early claims by the Soviets that around 4 million people were killed in Auschwitz (in reality, this number was at 1,1 million). These inaccuracies are mostly because the full extent of the Holocaust was not well researched so shortly after the end of the war, but also because the Soviets wanted to keep the numbers higher for propaganda reasons.
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Subtitles made by me.
![“Auschwitz”-Soviet Film about the Concentration Camp Auschwitz (German Version)- June 1945 [Full HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pzqO_Up4Qws/mqdefault.jpg "“Auschwitz”-Soviet Film about the Concentration Camp Auschwitz (German Version)- June 1945 [Full HD]
Auschwitz is the title of a Soviet documentary/propaganda film about the infamous German concentration camp Auschwitz in occupied Poland, where around 1,1 Million people, the majority Jews, were killed by the Germans as part of the Holocaust.
The camp in Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust, and the date of its liberation, January 27th, 1945, is nowadays remembered as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Shortly after the Liberation, in January and February, Soviet cameramen arrived at Auschwitz, taking the earliest photos and footage of the camp. This also included a number of staged and re-enacted scenes, such as of the Liberation itself, which was not filmed originally.
The footage was then edited into a movie simply called Auschwitz which premiered in Moscow in May 1945; a German dub was created in June and mainly shown in the Soviet occupation zones in Germany and Austria.
Many scenes from this film were later used in documentaries about the Holocaust.
The film contains a number of inaccuracies, such as the early claims by the Soviets that around 4 million people were killed in Auschwitz (in reality, this number was at 1,1 million). These inaccuracies are mostly because the full extent of the Holocaust was not well researched so shortly after the end of the war, but also because the Soviets wanted to keep the numbers higher for propaganda reasons.
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Subtitles made by me.")
![German Newsweek No. 606-16 April 1942 [Full HD] (Panzer III Production, Combat Footage North Africa)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r-0wCIqd4xA/mqdefault.jpg "German Newsweek No. 606-16 April 1942 [Full HD] (Panzer III Production, Combat Footage North Africa)
The German Newsweek (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) was the unified newsreel of Germany from 1940-1945. The concept of a weekly newsreel was much older, dating back to WWI, and in the 1930s, there were several different weekly newsreels in Germany.
With the outbreak of WWII, these were unified and from June 1940 shown under the title of The German Newsweek.
It was one of the most important aspects of German propaganda. Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as private TV ownership was extremly rare during WWII.
These newsreels were, of course, not a neutral news source, but would rather spread Nazi propaganda, trying to create the impression that Germany was winning the war and that Germany was fighting a just war, without mentioning the countless war crimes and crimes against humanity commited by German forces.
285 wartime issues were produced, from September 1939 (No. 470) to March 1945 (No. 755).
This is issue No. 606, from mid-April 1942.
It starts by showing a concert from the Berlin Philharmonic in a German armament factory, and then Panzer III and StuG III production in that same factory. Other scenes include awarding of successful German fighter pilots, aerial combat footage from the Eastern Front, German and Romanian soldiers fighting in Crimea, and a visit of Grand Admiral Raeder on a German battleship.
The next scenes show German navy units in Italian harbors, and finally scenes of supply convoys on their way to Africa, and combat footage from German and Italian troops in North Africa.
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![Capture of Hong Kong- Japanese Propaganda Reel- 6 January 1942 [Full HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rTlpRKIS8M8/mqdefault.jpg "Capture of Hong Kong- Japanese Propaganda Reel- 6 January 1942 [Full HD]
Hong Kong was the first British colony in Asia to be attacked by Japanese Forces. On December 8th, 1941, on 10 am local time, just a few hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces began their attack on Hong Kong.
Japanese Forces of the 23rd Army under the command of Lieutenant General Sakai, supported by a small Navy Detachment (one cruiser, three destroyers, four torpedo boats and a number of smaller vessels) under the command of Vice Admiral Niimi, in total around 27,000 men, attacked the colony, which was defended by around 12,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers under the command of British Indian Army Major General Christopher Maltby.
The British put up fierce resistance, but underestimation of the Japanese forces and the overall strategical situation made it impossible to hold Hong Kong, and British troops had to surrender on December 25th, 1941.
Around 1,800 British and 700 Japanese troops were killed; several British ships and boats were sunk, and one British destroyer (HMS Thracian) which was scuttled by the British was salvaged by the Japanese and later put into service.
This video is a short propaganda clip about the Japanese invasion of the city, showing aerial and naval bombardment, Japanese soldiers landing at Hong Kong with boats, and footage of the victory parade after the city was taken.
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