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Szene aus dem Dokumtarfilm "Sühnhaus" von Maya McKechneay. Source: www.freibeuterfilm.com

140 years ago, on December 8th, 1881, a devastating fire broke out in the Ringtheater in Vienna. Almost 400 people were burned to death. The filmmaker Maya McKechneay captures the disaster in her documentary "House of Atonement".


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140 years ago, on December 8th, 1881, a devastating fire broke out in the Ringtheater in Vienna. Almost 400 people were burned to death. The filmmaker Maya McKechneay captures the disaster in her documentary "House of Atonement".


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Source: www.freibeuterfilm.com
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Source: www.freibeuterfilm.com

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