View Date: Completed 10/15/09
This was a rather detailed series presented in 6-parts about the history of the most infamous of all Nazi concentration camps of World War II. It originally aired on PBS, and is very typical of a PBS documentary series. It provided the history of this particular camp, as well as a general history of the ethnic cleansing aims of the Nazi regime. There were interviews with survivors as well as guards. The prisoners were not only of Jews, but included Polish political prisoners and Hungarian and Romanian gypsies.
While very educational, this series was also very dry. I had trouble staying awake through a full episode, and don’t think I actually made it. I also wound up not watching the interviews with experts regarding current genocide actions that were discussed after each episode. While this won’t get a glowing review from me, it is very good for history buffs, particularly those interested in WWII or the Holocaust in particular. Just make sure to allot enough time to watch.
10 words or less: Educational but dry.
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