Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Catholic priest, was imprisoned in Auschwitz for sheltering Jews during WWII. In July 1941, he volunteered to die in place of a stranger, enduring two weeks without food or water before being executed. His sacrifice in the face of unimaginable cruelty remains one of the...

She was the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III, the wife of a German prince, and once moved in the most elite royal circles. But when Italy turned against Hitler, Princess Mafalda was arrested and deported to Buchenwald. Under a false name, she endured isolation and starvation. Wounded in an ai...

Fredy Hirsch, a Jewish athlete and youth leader, dedicated his life to protecting children during the Holocaust. In Auschwitz’s Theresienstadt family camp, he created the Children’s Block—an oasis of hope amidst horror. Through discipline, hygiene, and secret education, he shielded hundreds from ...

Carl Lampert, an Austrian Catholic priest, stood fearlessly against Nazi persecution of the Church. Refusing to betray his faith or remain silent, he endured arrest, torture, and three trials before his execution by guillotine in 1944. This documentary reveals his courageous defiance, the Gestapo...

During the Nazi era, thousands of gay men were arrested, tortured, and murdered simply for who they loved. Marked with the pink triangle, they endured inhuman experiments, brutal labor, and sexual abuse in concentration camps. This documentary uncovers their untold stories of their persecution an...

Once Germany’s boxing champion, Johann “Rukeli” Trollmann lost more than his title under Nazi persecution. Denied recognition, forced into humiliating fights, and ultimately killed in a concentration camp, his story is both heartbreaking and heroic. This documentary follows Trollmann’s rise, his ...

Though small in number, Black people in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe faced persecution, forced sterilization, and even murder. Afro-Germans, Black POWs, and expatriates endured harsh discrimination, while African American soldiers later witnessed Nazi atrocities firsthand. This documentary sh...

On 26 February 1943, the first transport of Roma prisoners arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, marking the beginning of one of the most overlooked genocides of World War II. More than 23,000 Roma and Sinti men, women, and children were confined in the so-called “Gypsy Family Camp”, where they endured ...

Under Nazi rule, lesbians in Germany faced surveillance, harassment, and fear. While not criminalized like male homosexuality, they were targeted for “weakening the Reich” and pressured into motherhood. Many hid their identity, some joined the resistance, and others perished in concentration camp...

Once a rising star of Polish ballet, Franceska Mann’s life ended in Auschwitz—but not before she made history. In October 1943, trapped in the camp’s gas chamber, she attacked SS guards, wounding and killing them with their own weapon. Her final act of defiance showed extraordinary bravery and in...

In 1930s Germany, the Nazi regime targeted not only Jews and political opponents but also Roma and Sinti people, deemed “racially inferior” and “asocial.” Under the banner of racial hygiene, the Nazis imposed forced sterilization, internment, and slave labor — escalating to systematic deportation...

Born into privilege, Élisabeth de Rothschild lived a life of elegance, beauty, and influence. But when France fell to the Nazis, her wealth and name could not save her. The Vichy regime’s betrayal, the Gestapo’s cruelty, and one final train to Ravensbrück sealed her fate. From Parisian salons to ...