Touched by Auschwitz

Synopsis: Feature length documentary recounting the story of six Auschwitz survivors from the years after they left the camp up to the present day. Laurence Rees has travelled extensively in order to film the survivors along with their friends and families. Together these sequences, filmed in Jerusalem, Chicago, London, Bavaria, Krakow and Tel Aviv, build into a compelling portrait of the problems, challenges and triumphs that six different individuals have experienced since the war as a result of their time in Auschwitz.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2015
Notes: First transmitted BBC2 27 January 2015.
Subjects: History
Keywords: concentration camps; Nazi Germany; World War II

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