Auschwitz - Inside the Nazi State

by Laurence Rees (Director)

Other authorsColin Buchanan (Actor), Warren Clarke (Actor), Katy Cavanagh (Actor)
DVD, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

DVD 940.53 REE

Publication

BBC Home Entertainment (2006)

Description

"'Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key ... moments, and their ... testimony"--Container label.

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4757

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1. Surprise Beginnings- January 11, 2005 German commanders discover the efficiency of gassing prisoners, and Auschwitz transforms from a small backwater camp for those resisting the Nazi occupation of Poland to a large scale extermination camp for Jews.
2. Orders and Initiatives - January 18, 2005.
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Hoss deals with complications arising from the makeshift gas chamber and increasing demand as the Nazis begin to scour all of Europe for more people to bring to Auschwitz and kill.
3. Factories of Death - January 25, 2005. The year 1942 is to be the most significant of 'the Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.
4. Corruption: February 1, 2005. By 1943, corruption is running rampant at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The camp also gains another source of income - clothes and valuables taken from Jews arriving to be gassed.
5. Frenzied Killing: (February 8, 2005). More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies must make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.
6. Liberation and Revenge: (February 15, 2005). In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate the camp at Auschwitz-Birkenuau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors
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ISBN

0790715511 / 9780790715513

UPC

794051211323
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