Liberation and Revenge Auschwitz: The Nazis & the 'Final Solution' : Season 1 Episode 6
BBC Two 48m
Aired: February 15th, 2005 @ 8:50 PM EST on BBC Two
The reality of life in the concentration camps was revealed upon the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen in 1945. But what was the fate of the remaining prisoners and the SS garrisons? The final days of the war and its immediate aftermath is a story as shocking as it is surprising, with Jewish survivors facing appalling treatment in their home countries and large numbers of SS perpetrators remaining hidden.
