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The film
Upon rising to power in Germany in 1933, Adolf Hitler established concentration camps to imprison opponents of his regime. In less than ten years, these deadly prisons gave rise to extermination centers, the stages for a brutality and genocide unique in history. How did these camps become the tools of a regime designed to annihilate those the Reich no longer wanted? Why does history distinguish extermination centers from concentration camps? Drawing on the latest historical research, the film shows how, in ten years, a concentration camp system became the rationalized apparatus of a genocide. It was produced with the support of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah and the USHMM.
About the film
An American study identified 42,500 camps and ghettos under the Third Reich. The documentary draws on the latest historiographical research to show how, in ten years, a concentration camp system became the rationalized apparatus of a genocide. It was produced with the support of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah.
Ratings
Broadcast on Friday, April 28, 2017, at 8:50 PM on RMC Découverte, the documentary drew 498,000 viewers, representing a 2% audience share, placing the channel at the top of HD DTT, ahead of C8.
