"'Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key ... moments, and their ... testimony"--Container label.

"Extra features: interview with Laurence Rees; a series of six follow-up discussions hosted by award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee"--Container label. Videodisc release of the 2005 television mini-series. "Auschwitz: a new history, the companion book to this series, is available at bookstores everywhere"--Container. Special features: interview with Laurence Rees; a series of six follow-up discussions hosted by award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee.

Disc 1. Surprise beginnings ; Orders and initiatives ; Factories of death -- Disc 2. Corruption ; Murder and intrigue ; Liberation and revenge ; Bonus features.