Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz (2010)
A chilling documentary for which Holocaust survivor Henryk Mandelbaum returned to Auschwitz to talk about the horrific year he spent as a ‘‘Sonderkommando’’, a slave labourer forced to search and burn the corpses of fellow Jews murdered in the gas chambers. Until his death in 2008, Mandelbaum was one of very few Sonderkommando to have survived the death camps, execution as collaborators by the Soviets and later reprisals by other Jews. The stories he tells and the photographs used are stomach-churning.
Director: Pavel Dražan
Genre: Documentary, History
Runtime: 50 min
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Screenplay
Cinematography: Tomáš Svoboda
Editing: Viktor Malina
Production: National Geographic
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Pavel Dražan
More Films in Genre: Documentary, History
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz about?
- A chilling documentary for which Holocaust survivor Henryk Mandelbaum returned to Auschwitz to talk about the horrific year he spent as a ‘‘Sonderkommando’’, a slave labourer forced to search and burn the corpses of fellow Jews murdered in the gas chambers. Until his death in 2008, Mandelbaum was one of very few Sonderkommando to have survived the death camps, execution as collaborators by the Soviets and later reprisals by other Jews. The stories he tells and the photographs used are stomach-churning.
- Who directed Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz?
- Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz was directed by Pavel Dražan.
- How long is Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz?
- Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz has a runtime of 50m (50 minutes).
- What genre is Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz?
- Sonderkommando: The Living Dead of Auschwitz is a Documentary, History film.