With its manicured garden and spacious interior, the three-story villa was once described as “paradise” by the mother who raised her five children there. And much was done to preserve the household’s ...

The truth about the Auschwitz death camp was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Third Reich. Prisoners who tried to escape were killed in public as an example to other inmates.

The home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf Höss, which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Zone of ...

Today, the word "Auschwitz" is a synonym for the Holocaust. Thousands of Jews died there every day. With the help of some acted scenes, photos and graphics, the film tells of a day in May 1944.

"Auschwitz is unique," explains series producer and writer Lawrence Rees. "It has a physical beginning in May 1940 and physical ending in January 1945, and is the site of the single largest mass ...

When Auschwitz survivor Aron Krell’s brother Zvi was dying in the Lodz ghetto in 1944, the boy left his family with the final words, “Please never forget me.” Before the Holocaust ...

According to the memoirs of Rudolf Höss, Commandant of Auschwitz, Adolf Eichmann suggested ... Once the van was full, the doors were slammed shut, and as it was driven to a nearby forest, exhaust ...