In 1943, Auschwitz was about to enter the most crucial phase of its existence. One that would eventually make it the site of the largest mass murder in the world. In March 1943 new gas chambers ...

This seemingly ordinary house next door serves as a chilling reminder of "just how close heaven can be to hell on earth." The ...

In January and February 2005, Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State, a six-hour documentary television series, aired on U.S. public television and the BBC in Great Britain. The series chronologically ...

Encouraged by the Nazis to form marching bands to foster the myth death camps were places of industry, inmates with musical ...

Inside the family home, Rudolf Höss – the longest serving SS commandant of Auschwitz – dreamt up the most efficient way to kill the millions of Jews, Roma, homosexuals and political prisoners ...

Captain Witold Pilecki witnessed the darkest chapter in the history of mankind. He was the first to provide the Allies with information about the reality behind the wires of the Auschwitz ...

This is the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the world—Auschwitz. 1.1 million people died here. More than the total British and American losses in the whole of the Second World War.

Auschwitz occupies a chilling and disturbing place in the history of humankind. It began as a Nazi labor campt to terrorize the local Polish population and evolved intothe site of the largest mass ...