Haunting Auschwitz Drone Video Shows Sheer Size of Death Camp

A few month ago we brought you a video from the decaying and abandoned city of Chernobyl which gave me personally a haunting, but yet spectacular experience.

This time cinematographers from BBC topped that by filming an Auschwitz drone video that is even more amazing. The chilling footage shows the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today – 70 years after it was liberated by Soviet troops.

The camp in Poland is now maintained as a World Heritage Site and is visited by thousands of tourists and survivors every year. Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans during World War II. More than a million people – the vast majority of them Jews – died there between 1940, when it was built, and 1945, when it was liberated by the Soviet army.

The video was released to commemorate the date of liberation of the extremely well organized and efficient death camp where Some 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed between 1940 and 1945. Some 300 Auschwitz survivors returned for a ceremony to be held under a giant tent and urged the world not to allow a repeat of the crimes of the Holocaust.

“We survivors do not want our past to be our children’s future,” Roman Kent, born in 1929, told the memorial gathering at the death camp’s site in Poland.

The commemorative ceremony. Source: BBC

It is expected to be the last major anniversary event survivors are able to attend in considerable numbers.

Source: BBC

Kennedy Martinez

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Kennedy Martinez is a resident writer who joined Dronethusiast at the beginning of 2019. She has years of experience reviewing drones and other tech products. When it comes to flying drones, Kennedy loves the ability to create artistic videos from a unique point of view. Kennedy enjoys researching new drones and other exciting products that are available to consumers which is why she is committed to creating the best buyer's guides for our readers.