Frontline "Memory of the Camps", Episode #318.

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[conjur]

There's a new book out, too, Auschwitz: A New History. Here's an NPR interview with the author:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4606548

Fresh Air from WHYY, April 19, 2005 · Laurence Rees' Auschwitz: A New History provides details about the inner workings of the camp: techniques of mass murder, the politics, the gossip mill between guards and prisoners, and the camp brothel.

 

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That FA was pretty interesting. The series of events leading up to the camps being extermination sites was put in a linear fashion and past knowledge arranged itself in a different way. In other words, while I knew most of the facts before, but having picked up things randomly I hadn't bothered to put them together. Hmm, having a hard putting together sentences this morning too.

Something the author tries to change is the "I was just doing my job" German. While he found Russians and Japanese soldiers gave him that response, Nazi war criminals said "at the time I thought what I was doing was right". Then detailed the process that lead to it. Worth a listen.

 

[conjur]

There's a DVD, too.

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemid=BBC021130&promotion=y

Part of the German effort in coming to terms with the atrocities of the Second World War has been the opening up of concentration camps for all to see. The most notorious of these is Auschwitz, a location that saw unspeakable horrors unfold as the war raged. This series takes a look at the events and history of Auschwitz in a six-part program. Exhaustive research was undertaken, with victims and perpetrators of the crimes committed at the site spoken to at length. Reenactments help provide a gruesome visualization of the events, alongside some shocking archive footage. A comprehensive, detailed history of Auschwitz, this is the definitive word on the appalling scenes that took place there.

 

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Originally posted by: conjur
There's a new book out, too, Auschwitz: A New History. Here's an NPR interview with the author:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4606548

Fresh Air from WHYY, April 19, 2005 · Laurence Rees' Auschwitz: A New History provides details about the inner workings of the camp: techniques of mass murder, the politics, the gossip mill between guards and prisoners, and the camp brothel.

ah that one. yea i think thats the one they made a 6 part documentary on bbc or was that pbs... torrent link... Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution (6-Part Miniseries) a good series. should be ok since bbc now puts their stuff online, but only for uk people
Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution - E01 - Surprising Beginnings [digitaldistractions].avi
Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution - E02 - Orders And Initiatives [digitaldistractions].avi
Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution - E03 - Factories Of Death [digitaldistractions].avi
Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution - E04 - Corruption [digitaldistractions].avi
Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution - E05 - Frenzied Killing [digitaldistractions].avi
Auschwitz, The Nazis And The Final Solution - E06 - Liberation & Revenge [digitaldistractions].avi
i didn't test this particular link.

 

[conjur]

Thanks for the torrent links!


Here's another article:

AN SS OFFICER REMEMBERS
The Bookkeeper from Auschwitz
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,355188,00.html

 

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its now on fat koreans server..well the frontline and sugihara

 

[arsbanned]

That was by far the most graphic accounting I've seen of the camps. Forcing the SS officers to carry the emaciated and broken bodies of their victims seemed like just recompense, at least in the immediate sense. The stench must have been incredible.

 

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