El violinista de Auschwitz
A Sephardic Jew, born in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, tells of the terrible experience of being a prisoner for two years in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and how he was able to save his life thanks to knowing how t
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A Sephardic Jew, born in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, tells of the terrible experience of being a prisoner for two years in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and how he was able to save his life thanks to knowing how t
The film tells the story of Roman Kwiatkowski, who founded the Association of Roma in Poland in Oświęcim in 1992. It also presents political decisions about Roma in Poland, from the resolution on the assimilation of Gyps
The remarkable and heroic true story of the only documented rescue attempt on a death train during the Holocaust.
In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust and the catastrophe experienced by its victims. In a journey that ends with his first visit to Ausc
Documentary about the conservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus (1980-91) was the first comic to address the Shoah in mainstream culture and is still considered a landmark in art history.
The Nazi extermination camps at Auschwitz in Poland were photographed in extraordinary detail from the air. The vast site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp was only 8km from a large synthetic oil and rubber ma
This short documentary reveals the way how victims arrived at Auschwitz.
Recounting Welshman Ron Jones's wartime experience as a prisoner of war in Auschwitz.
A feature-length documentary that captures the poignant and powerful testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors, particularly those who endured the atrocities of Auschwitz.
A chilling documentary for which Holocaust survivor Henryk Mandelbaum returned to Auschwitz to talk about the horrific year he spent as a ‘‘Sonderkommando’’, a slave labourer forced to search and burn the corpses of fell
Photography was strictly forbidden in Auschwitz. And yet there are several photo albums from the scene of the crime. Who took the photos - and why? That remained a mystery for a long time.
How can you talk about the Holocaust with your children? A mother is clearly affected by her trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau and talks with her three children about it. What questions does it awaken in them? The frankness of
The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. The film centers around two people who represent musica
Recently, two photo albums with photos from Auschwitz were found in 1944. One belongs to Officer Karl Höcker and the other prisoner Lili Jacob, who survived the concentration camp. The pictures taken during the same mont
British composer Leo Geyer discovered 200 forgotten scores in the Auschwitz archives, as he and his orchestra bring this music to life once more.
Using newly-released (in 1994) files, concealed by the KGB in Moscow and held in archives for nearly 50 years, the programme exposes the events behind the planning and building of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Profes
Actor Warwick Davis presents the story of the Owicz family and their ordeal during WWII. From a successful musical act to being tortuously experimented on by Josef Mengele in a concentration camp, this story might have b
Jane Koramn and her family, comprising three generations, improvised a dance to the pop song I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor, 1978). They performed at numerous traumatic sites where her parents had been prisoners during th