1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

Sep 19, 2019

1h 0m

★ 7.5

Overview

In 1944, two prisoners miraculously escaped from Auschwitz. They told the world of the horror of the Holocaust and raised one of the greatest moral questions of the 20th century.

Genres

Documentary

War

History

Production Companies

Oxford Film and Television

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Zoë Wanamaker

John Pehle

Daniel Caltagirone

Rabbi Weissmandl

Doron Davidson

Benjamin Akzin

Ilan Goodman

Bezalel Sherman

Simon Haines

Moshe Shertok

Simon Mattacks

Rudolf Vrba

David Moorst

Anthony Eden

Oliver Senton

Archibald Sinclair

Michael Simkins

Chaim Weizmann

Jonathan Tafler

Oscar Krasnansky

Tom Keller

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