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Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

Surprising Beginnings (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

German commanders discover the efficiency of gassing prisoners, and Auschwitz transforms from a small backwater camp for those resisting the Nazi occupation of Poland to a large scale extermination camp for Jews.
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Updated Jan 11, 2005

Release date
Jan 19, 2005 (United States)

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24 cast members
Name Known for
Gert Heidenreich
Narrator (voice) (version: German) Narrator (voice) (version: German)   See fewer
Linda Hunt
Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English)   See fewer
Samuel West
Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English)   See fewer
Dario Gabbai
Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz 1944-1945 Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz 1944-1945   See fewer
Jerzy Bielecki
Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz   See fewer
Jozef Paczynski
Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz (as Józef Paczyński) Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz (as Józef Paczyński)   See fewer
Kazimierz Piechowski
Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz   See fewer
Hans Friedrich
Self - 1st SS Infantry Brigade Self - 1st SS Infantry Brigade   See fewer
Vasyl Valdeman
Self - Jewish Resident, Ostrog Self - Jewish Resident, Ostrog   See fewer
Kazimierz Smolen
Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz (as Kazimierz Smoleń) Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz (as Kazimierz Smoleń)   See fewer
August Kowalczyk
Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz   See fewer
Horst Günter Marx
Rudolph Höss (as Horst-Günter Marx) Rudolph Höss (as Horst-Günter Marx)   See fewer
Miroslaw Konarowski
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Klaus Mikoleit
Henrich Himmler Henrich Himmler   See fewer
Wlodzimierz Adamski
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Robert Czebotar
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Piotr Grabowski
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Artur Kruczek
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Andrzej Szopa
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Juliusz Krzysztof Warunek
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Andrzej Zólkiewski
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski   See fewer
Heinrich Himmler
Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage)   See fewer
Rudolf Hoess
Self - Commandant of Auschwitz (archive footage) (as Rudolf Höss) Self - Commandant of Auschwitz (archive footage) (as Rudolf Höss)   See fewer
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