Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the Holocaust as not just a Nazi obsession, but as a European-wide crime of complicity.
In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust and the catastrophe experienced by its victims.
In a journey that ends with his first visit to Auschwitz, Simon travels across the Continent to explore how the Holocaust was far more than a Nazi obsession that played out in gas chambers, but a European-wide crime of complicity. From bullets in the Lithuanian lands of his ancestors to bureaucracy in the Netherlands, he reveals how deep-rooted prejudice was weaponised to turn people against their Jewish neighbours. As a moving interview with a survivor reveals, the story of how 鈥榚vil comes step by step鈥� remains powerfully relevant today.
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Gela Seksztajn - Final Letter
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Simon Schama |
| Director | Hugo Macgregor |
| Producer | Jyoti Mehta |
| Executive Producer | Nicolas Kent |
| Executive Producer | Charlotte Sacher |
| Director of photography | Tom Hayward |
| Editor | Richard Wilkinson |
| Production Company | Oxford Film and TV |
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