How the Holocaust Began

1: Surprise Beginnings | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

Explores the beginnings of Auschwitz, and how the camp was originally intended for a purpose very differ...

1: The Rise of Hitler | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands o...

2: Life in Hitler's Germany | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the h...

2: Orders and Initiatives | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

Originally a Prisoner of War camp for Soviet soldiers, SS Commander Rudolf Hoss oversaw the transitio...

3: Factories of Death | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

With the increase in killing at Auschwitz and nearby Treblinka, people are showing tremendous courage, li...

3: The Master Race | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands of H...

4: Corruption | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

Eyewitnesses recall how those in power at Auschwitz lined their pockets with wealth stolen from Jewish inmates wh...

4: Youth in Hitler's Germany | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the ...

5: Frenzied Killing | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

The deportation of Hungary's Jews in 1944 precipitated the most intensive slaughter in Auschwitz's history.

5: Opposition to Hitler | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands...

5: The Road to Treblinka | Nazis: A Warning from History

Documentary showing how the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst for the radicalisa...

6: Liberation and Revenge | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

Last in series about the Nazi concentration camp looks at the fate of the remaining prisoners and the...

A Jewish family in Vichy France | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor meets a man whose family sheltered her mother during round ups of Jews...

Albert Forster and Arthur Greiser | Nazis: A Warning from History

Albert Forster and Arthur Greiser's contrasting approaches to ethnic cleansing in Poland.

Arriving at Auschwitz | Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

Footage from Auschwitz has been changed into colour using digital techniques. Survivors talk about their arrival at the c...

Auschwitz | Nazis: A Warning from History

A first person account of Auschwitz concentration camp.

Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

A powerful, revelatory account of one of the most hideous crimes in human history told from the perspective of 16 Holocaust survivors, using rest...

Bernhard's story | My Family, The Holocaust and Me

The story of Bernhard, a young Jewish man from Frankfurt, who died at Dachau concentration camp in 1942.

Blue Box | Storyville

Brave account of how the Jewish National Fund acquired land in Palestine before and after the creation of the State of Israel.

Britain's Holocaust Survivors

They experienced perhaps the greatest crimes against humanity the world has ever seen. Yet what do we know about the Holocaust survivors who ma...