People who visit the Museum of Warsaw Uprising can now, with the help of a 3D film, have a more concrete idea of the devastation unleashed in Warsaw by Nazi German forces in World War II.

Adolf Hitler brutally suppressed the uprising of 1944, leaving the city before sophisticated and bustling 1.3 million inhabitants to a smoldering shell whose ruins were home to fewer than a thousand people.

The six-minute film “City in Ruins” simulates flying a fighter-bomber B-25 Allied Forces, the kind that made flights carrying supplies to the insurgents during the 63-day uprising that became the symbol of Polish resistance against tyranny.

Using imagery and historical records, the film recreates a detailed model of how the city was after the revolt, with the bridges over the Vistula River and destroyed entire neighborhoods, including the Jewish ghetto, completely devastated.

The film’s release, which should be viewed with 3D glasses, was timed to coincide with the 66th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising on August 1, 1944.

Most of the destruction of the city resulted from the vengeance of the German army by brutal uprising against its rule.

Michal Gryn, Platige Image studio, which created the film, said that “City in Ruins” surpasses anything that has already been done in 3D animation.

Via: Reuters.