Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
Auschwitz - it's the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the world, yet few know the true and surprising history of this most infamous place, nor how it became an integral part of the Nazis' overall plan for the mass extermination of the Jews - what they called the Final Solution. UKTV History is premiering this fascinating new series weekdays at 10pm.
Combining rare archive footage, CGI illustrations of the camp never before seen on television and dramatic reconstructions of the key decision-making moments, the story of Auschwitz and the horrific ideology behind it unfolds in six episodes. Written and produced by BAFTA Award winning producer Laurence Rees, and using fresh new research, Auschwitz offers a unique perspective on the camp in which more than one million people were ruthlessly murdered.
The series follows the trail of evil from the very first origins of Auschwitz as a place to hold Polish political prisoners, through the Nazi solution for what they called 'the Jewish problem', to the development of the camp as a mechanised factory for mass murder, mixing in new testimony from camp survivors and members of the SS. "The name Auschwitz is quite rightly a byword for horror," says Laurence Rees. "But I feel passionately that being horrified is not enough. We need to make an attempt to understand how and why such horrors happened if we are ever to be able to stop them occurring again".
Tune into this compelling series only on UKTV History.
The series follows the trail of evil from the very first origins of Auschwitz as a place to hold Polish political prisoners, through the Nazi solution for what they called 'the Jewish problem', to the development of the camp as a mechanised factory for mass murder, mixing in new testimony from camp survivors and members of the SS. "The name Auschwitz is quite rightly a byword for horror," says Laurence Rees. "But I feel passionately that being horrified is not enough. We need to make an attempt to understand how and why such horrors happened if we are ever to be able to stop them occurring again".
Tune into this compelling series only on UKTV History.
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lC17928
wrote on 19 Nov 2009 at 11:39 PM
Hi - Was interested to read your post as I found the programme very interesting as well.
I had a quick look for details of the music and came across this info on the BBC website - I hope it is of interest:
"The title music was specially composed for the series by Tim Rabjohns, and the closing music for each episode is 'Sarabande' by Handel. The other music used in the series includes:
Gorecki - Symphony no.3 (Olympia)
Schubert - Piano trio in E flat D29 (Naxos)
Avro Part - Spiegel Im Spiegel (Nimbus)
Avro Part - Fratres (Emi CDC)
The series also features music contemporary to the WWII period:
Famous Marches of Many Nations (Sonoton)
Radio Hits of the 40s (Classic Hits, GEMA)"
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