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Information
- A.k.a.
- Naked Among Wolves
- Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 124 min.
- Director
- Frank Beyer
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rating *
- 7.2
- Votes *
- 600
- Checks
- 45
- Favs
- 1
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 2.2% (1:45)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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monty
Nackt Unter Wölfen was the first picture about the Holocaust to be filmed in pre-unified Germany. 10 years 1 month ago -
monty
Buchenwald was partially evacuated by the Germans from April 6, 1945. In the days before the arrival of the American army, thousands of the prisoners were forced to join the evacuation marches.
Thanks in large part to the efforts of Polish engineer Gwidon Damazyn, an inmate since March 1941, a secret short-wave transmitter and small generator were built and hidden in the prisoners' movie room. On April 8 at noon, Damazyn and Russian prisoner Konstantin Ivanovich Leonov sent the Morse code message prepared by leaders of the prisoners' underground resistance.Three minutes after the last transmission sent by Damazyn, the headquarters of the US Third Army responded:
"KZ Bu. Hold out. Rushing to your aid. Staff of Third Army."
After this news had been received, Communist inmates stormed the watchtowers and killed the remaining guards, using arms they had been collecting since 1942 (one machine gun and 91 rifles).
A detachment of troops of the US 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, from the 6th Armored Division, part of the US Third Army, and under the command of Captain Frederic Keffer, arrived at Buchenwald on April 11, 1945 at 3:15 P.M., (now the permanent time of the clock at the entrance gate). The soldiers were given a hero's welcome, with the emaciated survivors finding the strength to toss some liberators into the air in celebration. 10 years 1 month ago