Requiem for 500,000

Original title: Requiem dla 500 tysięcy
Duration: 29 min
Release date: 1963-05-01
IMDB

A short documentary made in 1963 by Jerzy Bossak and Wacław Kaźmierczak featuring unique archival footage of the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto (pol. “Getto Warszawskie” ) was the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. From there, about 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to Treblinka extermination camp during the three months of summer 1942.

Documentary

Requiem dla 500 tysięcy

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