Auschwitz: The Nazis & the 'final Solution'

A major new documentary series for BBC TV; BAFTA award-winning producer Laurence Rees tells the definitive story of the most infamous concentration camp and its role as the conclusion of the Nazi State; The TV series has been 3 years in the making and incorporates new research on everything from the camp's hospitals to escapees, and the personnel files of the camp's employees; Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz; Rees uses Auschwitz to examine the wider context and ultimately the holocaust in general, asking questions such as; why did some countries give up their Jews relatively easily, whilst others resisted? Auschwitz examines the mentality and motivations of the key Nazi decision makers, and perpetrators of appalling crimes speak here for the first time about their actions