Secrets of the Dead

Bombing Auschwitz

Preview: Season 18 Episode 2 | 30s

Join historians, survivors and experts as they consider one of the great moral dilemmas of the 20th century. Should the Allies have risked killing Auschwitz prisoners and bombed the camp to stop future atrocities?

Aired: 01/21/20 | Rating: NR

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