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Auschwitz: The Nazis and 'The Final Solution' is a BBC six-episode documentary film series presenting the story of Auschwitz concentration camp. It combined interviews with former inmates and guards with authentic re-enactments of relevant events. It was first televised on BBC Two on 11 January 2005. In the United States, this series first aired on PBS television stations as Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State in early 2005 and was released, under that title, in a 2-DVD box set, by BBC Warner, on 29 March 2005.
Original Release
01/11/2005 on BBC
US Release
01/19/2005
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Samuel West | Narrator |
| Linda Hunt | Narrator in U.S. version |
| Gert Heidenreich | Narrator in German version |
| Horst Günter Marx | Rudolph Höss |
| Klaus Mikoleit | Henrich Himmler |
| Dario Gabbai | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz 1944-1945 / Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Oskar Gröning | Self - SS Garrison, Auschwitz / Self - Former Member SS Garrison, Auschwitz |
| Libusa Breder | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz / Self - Former Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Eva Mozes Kor | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz / Self - Child Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Jozef Paczynski | Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surprising Beginnings | Tuesday, 11 January 2005 |
| 2 | Orders & Initiatives | Tuesday, 18 January 2005 |
| 3 | Factories of Death | Tuesday, 25 January 2005 |
| 4 | Corruption | Tuesday, 01 February 2005 |
| 5 | Frenzied Killing | Tuesday, 08 February 2005 |
| 6 | Liberation & Revenge | Tuesday, 15 February 2005 |
Directors
Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge
Writers
Doris Bergen, David Orenstein, Megan Callaway, Laurence Rees
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Samuel West | Narrator |
| Linda Hunt | Narrator in U.S. version |
| Gert Heidenreich | Narrator in German version |
| Horst Günter Marx | Rudolph Höss |
| Klaus Mikoleit | Henrich Himmler |
| Dario Gabbai | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz 1944-1945 / Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Oskar Gröning | Self - SS Garrison, Auschwitz / Self - Former Member SS Garrison, Auschwitz |
| Libusa Breder | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz / Self - Former Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Eva Mozes Kor | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz / Self - Child Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Jozef Paczynski | Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Pavel Stenkin | Self - Soviet POW, Auschwitz / Self - Former Soviet POW, Auschwitz |
| Helena Citrónová | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz / Self - Former Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Kazimierz Smolen | Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Stanislaw Hantz | Self - Former Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz / Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Kazimierz Piechowski | Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Alice Lok Cahana | Self - Hungarian Jew / Self - Former Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt | Self - Former Jewish Prisoner, Sobibor / Self - Jewish Prisoner, Sobibor |
| Otto Pressburger | Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz |
| Klaus Michal Zejdler | Josef Mengele |
| Vasily Gromadsky | Self - Soviet 60th Army |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mary Mazur | Executive Producer |
| Gwynn Perry | Producer |
| David Orenstein | Producer |
| Anil Dewan | Producer |
| Richard Cable | Producer |
| Tanya Batchelor | Producer |
| David Neiman | Producer |
| Megan Callaway | Producer |
| Laurence Rees | Producer |
| Philip Dunn | Producer |
| Linda Feferman | Producer |
| Sarah Hall | Producer |
| Sally Johnson | Producer |
| Russell Masters | Producer |
| Michelle Gribbon | Producer |
