The Nazi Camp Commandants
16 Episodes
The Nazi concentration camp system could not function without its commandants—men who ruled with absolute authority and inflicted terror on thousands. From Dachau to Mauthausen, these leaders turned the camp network into a system of daily brutality. This collection tells the stories of these men—their ascent within the SS, their brutal treatment of prisoners, and their complicity in genocide. Each film uncovers their crimes and the downfall that followed.
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The Man Who Ran Auschwitz and Turned It into a Death Factory: Rudolf Höss
Episode 1
Rudolf Höss built Auschwitz into the largest killing center in Nazi history, later claiming he was merely “following orders.” From his early years in the SS to his chilling efficiency in building the camp’s killing apparatus, this documentary uncovers the cold, calculated mind behind one of histo...
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Nazi Commandant of Stutthof Who Hanged Small Children & Women: Max Pauly
Episode 2
Max Pauly, SS commandant of Stutthof and Neuengamme, oversaw some of the most horrific Nazi crimes of WWII. From mass executions in Poland to the Bullenhuser Damm massacre of 20 children, his reign was marked by cruelty and death. Captured after the war, Pauly stood trial for his atrocities and w...
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Commandant of Dachau Who Whipped and Killed Prisoners: Nazi Psycho Hans Loritz
Episode 3
Hans Loritz, SS commandant of Dachau and Sachsenhausen, left behind a legacy of cruelty, corruption, and fear. His rule was marked by mass executions, brutal punishments, and the ruthless exploitation of prisoners. This film uncovers how one man’s ambition and sadism turned two concentration camp...
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Nazi Commandant Who Turned Mauthausen Into Hell on Earth: Franz Ziereis
Episode 4
As commandant of Mauthausen, Franz Ziereis oversaw one of the deadliest Nazi camps, where starvation, forced labor, and executions claimed over 95,000 lives. After fleeing in 1945, he was caught by US forces, fatally wounded, and confessed to horrific crimes. His body was later hung on the camp f...
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From Dachau Guard to Death Camps Commandant: Josef Kramer
Episode 5
On April 15, 1945, British troops liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and uncovered horrors beyond imagination—piles of unburied corpses, tens of thousands of starving prisoners, and a cesspit of disease and death. Among those arrested was Josef Kramer, a fanatical SS officer whose bru...
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Master of Death in Hitler’s Killing Machine: Christian Wirth
Episode 6
Behind the gates of Bełżec, Sobibór, and Treblinka stood a man whose name is nearly forgotten, but whose crimes are immeasurable. Christian Wirth, a ruthless SS officer shaped by the Nazi belief in racial murder, helped turn genocide into a system. From the first gas chambers of the T4 program to...
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The Devil of Plaszow: Amon Göth’s Reign of Murder
Episode 7
He stood among cheering crowds during Hitler’s triumphal entry into Austria in 1938. But behind the smile was a man who would become one of the most sadistic killers of the Holocaust. As commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp, Amon Göth brought death with him wherever he walked. He shot pri...
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Terror at Buchenwald: The Rise of Hermann Pister
Episode 8
On 8 April 1945, starving prisoners at Buchenwald risked execution to send a secret SOS to the advancing U.S. Army: “They want to evacuate us. The SS want to destroy us.” Three days later, American troops liberated the camp—and uncovered horrors beyond imagination: mass graves, torture chambers, ...
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Dachau’s Darkest Hour: Martin Gottfried Weiss Exposed
Episode 9
On 29 April 1945, U.S. troops entered Dachau—the first Nazi concentration camp—and were met with a nightmare beyond imagination: piles of skeletal corpses, railway cars filled with rotting bodies, and 30,000 starved survivors on the brink of death. At the center of this horror stood Martin Gottfr...
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White Death of Sobibor and Treblinka: Franz Stangl
Episode 10
Franz Stangl was no sadistic brute screaming in rage or beating victims with his fists. He was worse. A cold, disciplined administrator who treated mass murder as an exercise in efficiency. After joining the SS, he became a key figure in the Nazi T4 euthanasia program before being appointed the f...
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Vengeance Rockets and Murder Camps: Otto Förschner’s Crimes
Episode 11
As Allied forces stormed Normandy in June 1944, Nazi Germany unleashed a new horror on London – the V-1 flying bombs and later the V-2 rockets. These so-called "revenge weapons" were built using slave labor inside the hellish underground tunnels of Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, where tens of...
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Cold-Blooded: Max Koegel and the Camps of Death
Episode 12
After the German defeat at Stalingrad shattered Hitler’s dreams of conquest, the war turned into a brutal retreat—but the suffering in the Nazi camps only intensified. Max Koegel, an ambitious SS officer, rose from humble origins to command some of the deadliest camps in history, including Majdan...
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Commandant of Cruelty: Hermann Florstedt and Majdanek
Episode 13
In the shadow of Nazi Germany’s collapse, the crimes of the concentration camp system come to light. Among the perpetrators stands Hermann Florstedt—SS officer, camp commandant, and one of the most feared figures in Majdanek. Once described as “tough and energetic” by his superiors, Florstedt’s a...
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Theresienstadt’s Illusion and Death: Nazi Commandant Siegfried Seidl
Episode 14
In November 1941, Reinhard Heydrich establishes the Theresienstadt Ghetto — a fortress town turned into a façade of “model Jewish life” that hides the machinery of extermination. Behind this cruel deception stands Siegfried Seidl, the camp’s first commandant, whose cold efficiency and brutality c...
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The Butcher of Treblinka – Inside the Nazi Killing Center: Kurt Franz
Episode 15
In 1942, the Nazis built Treblinka, one of the most efficient killing centers of the Holocaust, where nearly a million Jews were murdered. At its helm stood Kurt Franz — the camp’s last commandant, known for his cold cruelty, sadistic games, and a dog trained to maul prisoners on command. Behind ...
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The SS Commandant of the Biggest Women’s Camp: Fritz Suhren
Episode 16
On April 30, 1945, Soviet forces liberated Ravensbrück, the largest Nazi concentration camp for women — a place that had become a symbol of unimaginable suffering and endurance. Behind its barbed wire, over 130,000 women from across Europe — Poles, Russians, Jews, Roma, and political prisoners — ...