Survey — German Concentration Camps Factual

Learn about the who filmed the initial liberation.

A film that "rubbed the Germans' noses" in their collective guilt was suddenly seen as a diplomatic liability. The project was halted. Five of the six planned reels were completed, then packed into a tin and shelved in the Imperial War Museum. German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

By late 1945, the political winds shifted. The war was over, and the Cold War was beginning. The Allies now needed a strong, rebuilt West Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union. Learn about the who filmed the initial liberation

Focusing on the small, mundane items left behind to remind viewers these were people, not numbers. The Silent Shelving not numbers. The Silent Shelving