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Auschwitz: Drone video of Nazi concentration camp


9 years 2 months ago #423937 by Garbo
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"Drone video 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.

Railway tracks into Auschwitz-Birkenau - Trains filled with victims from throughout occupied Europe arrived at the camp almost every day between 1942 and the summer of 1944.

Ruins of wooden huts at Birkenau - Birkenau (or Auschwitz II) was erected in 1941 solely as a death camp, the wooden huts are now in ruins with only brick fireplaces and chimneys remaining.

Entrance to Auschwitz I -The wrought-iron sign over the entrance bears the words Arbeit Macht Frei - "Work sets you free".

Auschwitz I - The brick-built buildings were the former cavalry barracks of the Polish Army.

Courtyard between blocks 10 and 11 at Auschwitz I - Block 11 was called "the Block of Death" by prisoners. Executions took place between Block 10 and Block 11 and posts in the yard were used to string up prisoners by their wrists."

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9 years 2 months ago #424013 by Cliff
Loose of words and indescribable emotional thoughts that go through my head watching this.  
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9 years 2 months ago #424533 by Alan Nunez
That is emotive. Nice use of the drone!
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9 years 2 months ago #424539 by Kayce
Emotionally moving.  I agree, these drones will change how we photograph the world.  
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9 years 2 months ago #424541 by Scotty
Oddly enough I had family members die in the holocaust (I did not know them, distant relatives), and I'm buying a drone this spring for photo/video adventures.  Glad someone did this.  People need to remember what happened so it can never happen again.  Great video.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
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9 years 2 months ago #424543 by Kayce

Scotty wrote: Oddly enough I had family members die in the holocaust (I did not know them, distant relatives), and I'm buying a drone this spring for photo/video adventures.  Glad someone did this.  People need to remember what happened so it can never happen again.  Great video.


+1  My thoughts too
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9 years 2 months ago #424600 by One Wish
Well the power behind drones and why they are so popular is they give such a dramatic difference in perspective.  Which is why something like this video, which has a topic that evokes plenty of emotion on it's own, becomes supercharged with an aerial view as shown.  
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9 years 2 months ago #424691 by ThatNikonGuy
Good comment One Wish, I couldn't agree more!  I see more of these sort of video's coming to the surface in the future.  
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9 years 2 months ago #424725 by Owen
Impressive and sad at the same time.
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9 years 2 months ago #424736 by Conner

Scotty wrote: Oddly enough I had family members die in the holocaust (I did not know them, distant relatives), and I'm buying a drone this spring for photo/video adventures.  Glad someone did this.  People need to remember what happened so it can never happen again.  Great video.



Same here, which one you looking at? 
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9 years 2 months ago #424793 by Ruby Grace
Amazing coverage, the music and history here are so moving.  What size cameras can be carried on these drones?
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9 years 2 months ago #424815 by Scotty

Conner wrote:

Scotty wrote: Oddly enough I had family members die in the holocaust (I did not know them, distant relatives), and I'm buying a drone this spring for photo/video adventures.  Glad someone did this.  People need to remember what happened so it can never happen again.  Great video.



Same here, which one you looking at? 


http://www.amazon.com/DJI-Phantom-Aerial-Drone-Quadcopter/dp/B00AGOSQI8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1423076076&sr=8-7&keywords=drone            This one.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
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9 years 2 months ago #424861 by Ottis

Ruby Grace wrote: Amazing coverage, the music and history here are so moving.  What size cameras can be carried on these drones?


Most of these will hold some sort of GoPro style camera on them. Some of the larger ones will carry your DSLR, but get ready to shell out some big bucks.  These are mostly for the pro's. 
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9 years 2 months ago #424955 by Dave Worton

Scotty wrote:

Conner wrote:

Scotty wrote: Oddly enough I had family members die in the holocaust (I did not know them, distant relatives), and I'm buying a drone this spring for photo/video adventures.  Glad someone did this.  People need to remember what happened so it can never happen again.  Great video.



Same here, which one you looking at? 


http://www.amazon.com/DJI-Phantom-Aerial-Drone-Quadcopter/dp/B00AGOSQI8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1423076076&sr=8-7&keywords=drone            This one.



Have you seen their new one that just came out last month?
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9 years 2 months ago #425144 by Glen Martin
History meets modern technology and delivers a fantastic view point that shows just how evil man has been. 
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