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Requiem for 500,000

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: N/A

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
May 1, 1963
Ratings:
4.0 / 10
Director:
Jerzy Bossak & Wacław Kaźmierczak
Companies:
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych

Overview

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.