https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/files/original/184/5058/16294194582_c756bcd9da_k.jpg 208b73b5a9a823ed9609e16fd0faf4f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gendered Dimensions of Genocide - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women in the barracks of the newly liberated Auschwitz concentration camp. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Taken by the film unit of the First Ukrainian Front. Alexander Voronzow interview, Chronos-Films, The Liberation of Auschwitz, 1986 Subject The topic of the resource Holocaust Description An account of the resource The Soviet film about the liberation of Auschwitz was shot over a period of several months beginning on January 27, 1945, the day of liberation. It consists of both staged and unrehearsed footage of Auschwitz survivors (adults and children) taken in the first hours and days of their liberation, as well as scenes of their evacuation, which took place weeks or months later. The film includes the first inspection of the camp by Soviet war crimes investigators, as well as the initial medical examination of the survivors by Soviet physicians. It also records the public burial ceremony that took place on February 28, 1945 for Auschwitz victims who died just before and after the liberation. The order to make the film was issued by Mikhael Oschurkow, head of the photography unit, and was carried out by Alexander Voronzow and others in his group. Eighteen minutes of the film was introduced as evidence at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Another segment of the film disappeared for forty years before resurfacing in Moscow in 1986. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Alexander Voronzow interview, Chronos-Films, The Liberation of Auschwitz, 1986 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 (ca.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park (https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa14269)