- Title: Liberation
- Date: 22nd January 1995
- Summary: BY MAY 1945, THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS HAD BEEN LIBERATED BY THE ALLIES. THE SCENES RECORDING THE LIBERATION MARK A TURNING POINT IN WESTERN CONSCIOUSNESS. NEVER BEFORE HAD THE WORLD SEEN SUCH TERRIFYING EVIDENCE OF THE MASSIVE CRIMES OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH. LIBERATION TELLS THE UNIQUE AND STILL UNKNOWN EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG SERVICEMEN FROM POLAND, RUSSIA, ENGLAND AND AMERICA WHO LITERALLY CONFRONTED THE UNIMAGINABLE. THEIR STORIES ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH SPECIALLY SHOT FILM AND REMARKABLE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE, SOME NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THEY REMAIN A UNIQUE TESTAMENT AND REMIND US THAT AS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENDING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR APPROACHES, THEY ARE TIL NOW, THE UNHEARD WITNESSES TO THE TRUTH OF THE HOLOCAUST.
- Description:Major film examining the morality and drama of the liberation of the concentration camps.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Feature Films
- Producer:NUCLEUS PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:22/01/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s