World War Two Documentaries
King George VI: Brother, Husband, King
Britain’s King George VI was a complicated character. Forced onto the throne when his brother, Edward VIII, fell in love with Wallis Simpson and abdicated. He was a reluctant monarch. This gripping royal history documentary reveals he could be a brutal father with a terrifying temper, but also shy and withdrawn. He was a man who sacrificed everything when offered no choice but to serve his nation.
Nuremburg: The Nazi Trials
After the atrocities of World War II, leading Nazis were tried at the Nuremberg WarCrimes Tribunal. This gripping documentary attempts to delve inside the minds and secret workings of Hitler’s Nazi leadership. Meticulously crafted using archive clips and courtroom footage, one of the most important trials in history, that brought Hitler’s willing collaborators to justice, is explored.
Schindler: The Real Story
Immortalized in the iconic Steven Spielberg film Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler has become a well-known hero of the Second World War.
This compelling, award-winning documentary explores the real, complex figure of Schindler, with incredible archive footage and intimate interviews with Holocaust survivors who knew him.
The vain, womanizing playboy behind the legendary hero is also revealed.
Surviving the Holocaust
In a disarmingly frank interview, Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller (now in his 90s) tells his personal story of being a young Jewish man during World War II.
Speaking directly to camera and accompanied by extensive archive footage, he relives his past and draws on intense memories to navigate the extraordinary adventure of his early life which resulted in imprisonment in Auschwitz.
Death Camp Treblinka
The extermination camp of Treblinka was created by the Nazis to eliminate the Jewish population in occupied Poland and beyond.
In a frenzy of mass murder lasting less than two years, 900,000 Jewish men women and children were murdered in this tiny camp hidden deep in the woods. No one liberated Treblinka. To be a survivor you had to fight your way out. Now those who survived tell their story.