you know, it never, never came into the mind. for the gas chambers. a chambersimilarto this one at dachaureleased and, within minutes, everyone the bodies would be burned. these photographs, taken secretly by an inmate, i mean, i'm sure, i'm sure they died at auschwitz. in sight, the authorities at auschwitz had begun had taken place. of hatred like this. and this is unthinkable, right? but it happened. millionjews were killed, approximately 70,000 poles. they later married and had two children. i was hungry for life. about the bad things. on to ascot. at lake windermere. that was me. yeah. they took off, and we eventually arrived in and we were put, so many children, into a barrack. and we all had our own door, and it was marvellous. windermere was a different place altogether. off the coach? it's unbelievable. you just can't imagine it. we were human. today, harry and arek are revisiting the place except your hairs are grey. we are... we're the dinosaurs. yeah, so did i. yeah? what number block were you? i think it was number six. e. i think block e. i think so. those, those were the da

they would wait their turn, then undress and enter a chamber similar to this one at dachau.nutes, everyone would be dead. other prisoners would drag the bodies out, and then the bodies would be burned. these photographs, taken secretly by an inmate forced to work the crematoria, are the only ones known to exist of the atrocities that took place at auschwitz. how many members of your family do you think you lost because of the holocaust? i think it must have been in the hundreds. oh, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear. i would say... definitely say my mother. and my youngest brother and sister. i mean, i'm sure, i'm sure they died at auschwitz. painful. by the autumn of 1944, with the end of the war in sight, the authorities at auschwitz had begun transferring prisoners to other camps and systematically destroying evidence of the atrocities that had taken place. i don't think i've ever come across a physical embodiment of hatred like this. if you've not been here and you've not experienced it, then i don't think you are as afraid as you should be of where hatred can go. and this is

german lutheran minister martin mueller sent to dachau for criticizing not the nazis. his words are still remembered today. first they came for the socialists. i did not speak out because i was not a socialist. then they came for the trade unionists and did not speak out because i was not a trade unionist. then they came for the -- and i did not speak out because i was not --. then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me. a variety of opinion piece felt that the voicing of roosevelt sentiments was a risky move supplying political ammunition against fdr. his campaign for a third term. goldwyn initially wanted to distribute the film, but was opposed by production code administration officials joseph breen and geoffrey sherlock. over what breen called, quote, avowedly british propaganda. and in over setting precedents for the industry, goldwyn insisted that if he were not given the blessing to go ahead, then will he should block all other major studios buying the film. enter son james and his independent, which was quietly issued a seal of approval afte

and you see, i mean, i once went to dachau and saw that.ing experience. >> of course. >> to fit that into a comedy is tough. and you pulled it off. >> oh, that's so sweet. yeah. i mean, i was the only thing i was very conscious of was like, trying to not make a movie that felt like sanctimonious. you know, i think a lot of like holocaust movies. and of course, there are so many and there are so many wonderful ones, but a lot of times it feels like they're kind of like, i don't know, patting themselves on the back at the same time that they're showing you their movie. and i just wanted to make something that felt like real, and it felt like people i know that i can relate to, that i can understand talking about real things. they go to that camp, and at night they sneak onto a roof to share a joint like that would be what i would do if i was in that situation. >> and you too. >> that's what i mean about relating to your character. like you guys go to poland and the other guy has a big bong thing of pot sent over there. >> yeah. >> and i'm a b

scattered to different camps, some of them arriving as far west or south as much housing in austria or dachaur in eastern germany. labour camps, some camps in berlin for example. many of those were survivors of the death marches, and there are many — and this is what is interesting about auschwitz— there are many auschwitz survivors who had been selected for slave labour on arrival at the camp, in other words they were not here injanuary1945 when were not here injanuary 1945 when it was were not here injanuary1945 when it was liberated, and they had already been sent to the huge range of labour sub—camps, and many of those had managed to survive through the marginally better chances of survival as slave labourers. i should add, per average life expectancy of somebody selected for slave labour was three months, so it wasn't a very high chance of survival, but there are a lot of people who are survivors of auschwitz, with the number tattooed on their arm, who had been sent out to work elsewhere at one of the other sub—camps. we have this enormous range of survivors from different areas and from