A riveting series that explores Auschwitz and the Nazi implementation of the Final Solution
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State makes for compelling viewing. It is divided into 6 chapters. The first chapter is titled "Surprising Beginnings" which basically introduces us to the origins of Auschwitz and how it was not initially designated as an extermination camp for Jews, but basically to house Polish political prisoners and later Russian POWs. In fact, the first gassing experiments in the camp were targeted at the Russian POWs.
In the second chapter "Orders and Initiatives", we learn of the plans of Hitler, Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich to kill the Jews on a massive scale. Auschwitz is prepped for this purpose by the construction of gas chambers and the use of Zyklon B, a form of poisonous gas that was initially used to exterminate vermin and a disinfecting agent. We also learn about the Lodz Ghetto and its infamous Jewish leader, Rumkowski who seemed a controversial character in oppressing his own people, though not spared death himself, in the end. The crude...
This is a good one!
I will not write a lengthy review as others have stated my sentiments.
Just suffice it to say that this is a very well done documentary on the subject examined.
Highly recommended if you are a student of the Nazi's mindset and cruelty.
Not to be missed
This is one of the most powerful documentaries of the Holocost. Each episode, while shocking, is riveting. It is extremely disturbing but something that must be remembered.
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