Still photograph from the Soviet Film of the liberation of Auschwitz, shot over a period of several months beginning on January 27, 1945 by Alexander Voronzow and others in his group.

Uncovering the History of Nazi Concentration Camps

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 2, 2015

Nikolaus Wachsmann gives a history of the Nazi concentration camps, from their inception in 1933 through their demise in the spring of 1945. In KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps, he presents the functioning and scope of the camp system, life and death inside the camps, and how the camp system was shaped by changing political, legal, social, economic, and military forces.

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