The truth about the Auschwitz death camp was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Third Reich. Prisoners who tried to escape were killed in public as an example to other inmates.

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"Auschwitz is unique," explains series producer and writer Lawrence Rees. "It has a physical beginning in May 1940 and physical ending in January 1945, and is the site of the single largest mass ...

According to the memoirs of Rudolf Höss, Commandant of Auschwitz, Adolf Eichmann suggested ... Once the van was full, the doors were slammed shut, and as it was driven to a nearby forest, exhaust ...