In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust and the catastrophe experienced by its victims.
In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust and the catastrophe experienced by its victims. In a journey that ends with his first visit to Auschwitz, Simon travels across the Continent to explore how the Holocaust was far more than a Nazi obsession that played out in gas chambers, but a European-wide crime of complicity. From bullets in the Lithuanian lands of his ancestors to bureaucracy in the Netherlands, he reveals how deep-rooted prejudice was weaponised to turn people against their Jewish neighbours. As a moving interview with a survivor reveals, the story of how ‘evil comes step by step’ remains powerfully relevant today.
Directed byHugo Macgregor
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 0h 59m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- April 7, 2025
Featuring
Cast & crew
Simon Schama
Self - Presenter
Marian Turski
Self
- Directed by
- Hugo Macgregor
- Written by
- Simon Schama
- Produced by
- Jyoti MehtaSimon Schama
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