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Blueprints of Genocide

Synopsis
Shows how newly released documents, hidden from view in Moscow since 1945, provide the complete technological and engineering story behind the creation of the death camp in Auschwitz. Fifty years after the height of the Nazi death camp operations, the role of architects and engineers in the Holocaust is revealed.
Series
Horizon, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production
1994
Availability
Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes
Broadcast on BBC2 on 9 May 1994
Subjects
History
Keywords
concentration camps; genocide; Holocaust; Judaism; Nazi Germany

Credits

Producer
Isabelle Rosin; Mike Rossiter
Writer
Isabelle Rosin; Mike Rossiter
Contributor
Jana Bennett

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact
Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email
BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web
https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address
BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes
The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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