Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
TV-MA Limited Series 2005 · 6 eps · ★ 7.6 · Documentary, Crime, War & Politics
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This documentary series tackles one of history's most horrifying subjects: the Holocaust and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Directed by Catherine Tatge · Written by Laurence Rees
Network: BBC Two
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Horst-Günter Marx Rudolph Höss - G Gordon Newell Captain Bill Cross
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