
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.

Simon Schama
Self - Presenter

Marian Turski
Self

From Where They Stood
From Where They Stood

Who's Afraid of Alice Miller?
Who's Afraid of Alice Miller?

Wall of Silence
Wall of Silence

The Liberation of Auschwitz
The Liberation of Auschwitz

1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?
1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Hitler's Forgotten Victims

Goering's Catalogue: A Collection of Art and Blood
Goering's Catalogue: A Collection of Art and Blood

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis
Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Paper Clips
Paper Clips

Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero
Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero

Łódź Ghetto
Łódź Ghetto