Auschwitz: The Nazis and 'The Final Solution' (2005)

Original title

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

Directed by

Laurence Rees

Genre

docudrama, documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 191 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This six-part series traces the history of the Auschwitz camp from 1940 through the postwar trials of its operators. It mixes survivor and guard interviews with reenacted scenes.

educationalsoberhistoricalsombermethodicaldisturbinginformative

What happens

Auschwitz: The Nazis and 'The Final Solution' is a six-episode BBC documentary film series presenting the story of the Auschwitz concentration camp from its early operations in 1940 to the prosecution of German Nazis involved in the operation of the camp. It combines interviews with former inmates and guards with authentic reenactments of relevant events. It was first televised on BBC Two on 11 January 2005. In the United States, this series first aired on PBS television stations as Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State in early 2005 and was released, under that title, in a two-DVD box set (Region 1) by BBC Warner on 29 March 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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