Liberation

Synopsis: Interweaves the history of World War 2 with the story of the Holocaust. Beginning in 1942, the film combines archive footage, period music and radio broadcasts collected from archives around the world to illuminate the strategies and deceptions of the combatants on all sides - from America’s and Britain’s Home Front to wartime London, Moscow and Washington DC and occupied Paris to Berlin. Includes footage of Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, de Gaulle and the Nazi leaders. Interwoven throughout are stories of the Jews of Europe, illustrating that while Hitler was losing the war on the Allied Front, the Nazis were winning their war against the Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust. The film reaches its climax with the liberation of Paris, the Benelux countries, and the death camps, through to V-E day.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 100 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 1995 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)
Subjects: History
Keywords: Holocaust; Nazi Germany; World War II

Director

Arnold Schwartzman

Producer

Arnold Schwartzman; Marvin Hier

Writer

Martin Gilbert; Marvin Hier

Contributor

David Dresher; Richard Trank

Cast

Name: Imperial War Museum,
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Cambs
CB22 4QR
Notes: A range of CD and DVD titles covering the two World Wars, as well as more general aviation and naval topics. Many are compilations of films from the IWM’s own collection.

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