Dachau Liberation

Year: 2021

Duration: 50 min

The horrific nature of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi's plan for world domination was clearly defined by the concentration camps they conceived, erected, and operated until Germany was eventually liberated by Allied forces at the end of World War II.Dachau was the first of such camps built by the Nazi regime, and it was used as a model for future Nazi death camps that were erected. In these locations of terrible sadness and terror, memories of inhumane Nazi savagery are delicately shared by those who were imprisoned there.The words you hear, and the archival film you see, will forever become imprinted in your mind's eye, as the stark, raw history of what took place amid the conditions of a world at war require soft eyes, and a gentle nature, to even begin to comprehend.People from all parts of the world found their way into Nazi concentration camps. On the front gates of such camps, including Dachau, were emblazoned the words- "Arbeit Macht Frei," or, "Work Sets You Free." To those who were held captive in Dachau, these words meant any number of unspeakable experiences.What lessons can be learned from what Allied soldiers found as they cautiously entered Nazi concentration camps as the flames of World War II began to dissipate? After watching this incredibly moving documentary, one thing will be starkly clear, the energy we use, whether individually or collectively, means something. What we leave behind in the dirt of history's memory, means something. I think we all must ask ourselves at some point in life- 'What traces will I leave behind as I press forward, whether it be alone, or with those I find confidence in joining in life's pursuits? Moreover, how will my actions speak for me?'Some aspects of history are best left buried softly in the dirt of history's memory so that We, Humankind, may allow lessons to grow from those buried memories in a way that we may remember them from time to time like flowers that grow and fade so that such poisonous acts that once took place cease to ever exist again.

Genre: Action   Documentary   History   War