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194522 minPGdocumentary

6.7/ 10(13 ratings)• TMDB

Death Mills

194522 minPGdocumentary

6.7/ 10(13 ratings)• TMDB

A chilling first-hand account of Nazi camp atrocities post-liberation.

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A chilling first-hand account of Nazi camp atrocities post-liberation.

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Billy Wilder

Billy Wilderdirector

Hans Burgerdirector

Oskar Seidlinwriter

Hans Burgerwriter

Anton Reimercast

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Originally made with a German soundtrack for screening in occupied Germany and Austria, this was the first documentary to show what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi extermination camps: the survivors, the conditions, and the evidence of mass murder.

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