Auschwitz: Silent Witness
This riveting documentary about the Auschwitz extermination camp combines interviews with survivors, archival footage, and newly-shot footage on the camp grounds, as well as interviews with the camp museum personnel.
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 2h
- Released
- 1999
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1999
Storyline
This riveting documentary about the Auschwitz extermination camp combines interviews with survivors, archival footage, and newly-shot footage on the camp grounds, as well as interviews with the camp museum personnel.
Top credits
Adolf Eichmann — Self
Adolf Hitler — Self
Jan Karski — Self
Rachel Klein — Self
Did you know
• During the filming of this documentary the Auschwitz underground gas chamber sites were excavated, allowing the cameras to capture the unsettling sights of these infamous rooms. No one had been down there since 1944.
• The last film appearance of Auschwitz Museum Director Kazimierz Smolen before his death.
• The narration of the film is read by Rachel Klein, granddaughter of Auschwitz survivor and author Josef Klein.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color