The "Dark Heart" of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Clip: Season 18 Episode 2 | 1m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Two Auschwitz escapees give testimonies that expose the truth of Nazi concentration camps.
In 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Their harrowing testimonies and detailed sketches of the camp's mass extermination practices exposed the "dark heart" of Nazi-occupied Poland.
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The "Dark Heart" of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Clip: Season 18 Episode 2 | 1m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Their harrowing testimonies and detailed sketches of the camp's mass extermination practices exposed the "dark heart" of Nazi-occupied Poland.
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