p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span 3. >> 75 years ago, in january the soviet union army liberated auschwitz, largest nazi death camp. in november of that year, war nrg,s trials began in germany. germany.mberg, next, on reel america, a u.s. of thecumentary nuremberg trials, first screened in jamie germany. using nazi and allied film, nuremberg chronicles the rise of germany, it's annexation of countries, military invasions and death camps. this version contains many scenes of war and death that some viewers may find disturbing. ♪[music] >> it was 1945. the war was over. camey, painfully, life europe.the ruins of ♪[music] the war was over. but there was no peace. despair crouched over the countenance. hopelessness circled europe like a bird of prey. why? what were the forces? a warere the issues in that turns nations into rubble heaps? populations into beggars? the answers.nted they wanted to know what happened and why. inthe palace of justice nuremberg, the people of the world came together, for there, that the international military tribunal, to judge the war criminals. ♪[music] ♪[music] jackson,e robert h. the chief american prosecutor, makes the ope