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Auschwitz: Countdown to Liberation

The last weeks in the Nazi concentration camp revealed through the touching stories of survivors such as Eva Kor and Samuel Modiano. Between suffering and resistance, the documentary explores human courage in inhumane conditions, revealing the hope that flourished even in the darkest moments. A powerful tribute to memory and freedom, essential for not forgetting.

Top Cast

  • Pyotr Cywinski

    Pyotr Cywinski

    Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

  • Andrzej Kacorzyk

    Andrzej Kacorzyk

    Deputy director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

  • Jochen Boehler

    Jochen Boehler

    Director of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust studies

  • Guy Walters

    Guy Walters

    Historian and World War II expert

  • Lidia Maksymowicz

    Lidia Maksymowicz

    Auschwitz survivor

  • Stefania Wernik

    Stefania Wernik

    Auschwitz survivor

  • Wladdyslaw Szmyt

    Wladdyslaw Szmyt

    Auschwitz survivor

  • Marian Turski

    Marian Turski

    Holocaust survivor

  • Oleg Mandic

    Oleg Mandic

    Holocaust survivor

Overview

The last weeks in the Nazi concentration camp revealed through the touching stories of survivors such as Eva Kor and Samuel Modiano. Between suffering and resistance, the documentary explores human courage in inhumane conditions, revealing the hope that flourished even in the darkest moments. A powerful tribute to memory and freedom, essential for not forgetting.

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