The Nazi extermination camps at Auschwitz in Poland were photographed in extraordinary detail from the air. By combining emotional memories of those who experienced the camp and an almost forensic analysis of the shocking process of genocide, this film evokes details of the horror of Europe's darkest hour in a uniquely compelling way.
The Nazi extermination camps at Auschwitz in Poland were photographed in extraordinary detail from the air. The vast site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp was only 8km from a large synthetic oil and rubber manufacturing plant. The film raises some uncomfortable questions - if Allied aircraft could photograph the concentration camps in detail, why did they not destroy them?