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Son of Saul (Hungarian: Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian historical tragedy film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II , and follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Ausländer (played by Géza Röhrig ), a ...
The Sonderkommando photographs are four blurred photographs taken secretly in August 1944 inside the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. [1] Along with a few photographs in the Auschwitz Album, they are the only ones known to exist of events around the gas chambers.
Sonderkommandos (German: [ˈzɔndɐkɔˌmando], lit. ' special unit ') were work units made up of German Nazi death camp prisoners. They were composed of prisoners, usually Jews, who were forced, on threat of their own deaths, to aid with the disposal of gas chamber victims during the Holocaust.
From left, Christian Friedel in "Zone of Interest," Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley in "Schindler's List," Géza Röhrig in "Son of Saul." (Photo illustration by An Amlotte / Los Angeles Times ...
2015 – The Hungarian film Son of Saul was released, dealing with the same topic and combining the story of a Sonderkommando prisoner who encounters his son's body and does everything possible to provide a proper burial in the extermination camp. Gideon Greif's book inspired the film's director, László Nemes.
This incident was dramatized in the films The Grey Zone and Son of Saul. [citation needed] Nyiszli was appalled by the disregard for human life and lack of empathy for human suffering shown by the guards and officers. However, his actions were dictated by his tormentors, and he was forced to perform what he considered immoral acts. As he said:
Recovering from illness in a vacated barracks of the SS, Jacob found the album in a cupboard beside her bed. Inside, she found pictures of herself, her relatives, and others from her community. The coincidence was astounding, given that the Nordhausen-Dora camp was over 640 km (400 mi) away, and that over 1,100,000 people were killed at Auschwitz.
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