The Nazi Camp Commandants
26 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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Belzec Commandant Behind 320,000 Jewish Deaths: Gottlieb Hering
Episode 1
Gottlieb Hering was a German police officer who once opposed the Nazi movement and was even nicknamed the “Nazi eater.” Yet after joining the Nazi Party, his career took a radically different path. He served in the Aktion T4 euthanasia program before becoming commandant of the Bełżec exterminatio...
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Corrupt Nazi Buchenwald Commandant Executed by His Own SS
Episode 2
Karl Otto Koch was a Nazi SS officer and commandant of Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, and Majdanek concentration camps. During his years in power, he became notorious for his cruelty, corruption, and exploitation of prisoners.
Alongside his wife, Ilse Koch, later known as the Witch of Buchenwald, he...
