Synopsis
Originally a Prisoner of War camp for Soviet soldiers, SS Commander Rudolf Hoss oversaw the transition of Auschwitz from a political camp to a place to murder thousands of people.
- Programme: Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution
- Episode: 2: Orders and Initiatives
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
- History | World War II | Life in occupied Europe
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