The Best Documentaries About The Holocaust
There are many documentaries that discuss the traumatizing Holocaust, including the historical events that led to the rise of Germany’s Adolf Hitler, the controversies around the Nazis, conspiracy theories about Hitler’s involvement in witchcraft and the Illuminati and the impact of the Holocaust on the Jews who were killed in the concentration camps. What are the best documentaries about the Holocaust? Check the list below, a few of these movies are even available on Hulu and Netflix.
These Holocaust documentaries have been ranked as the absolute best to watch for information and history on the topic. Many of these critically acclaimed documentary films feature survivors' stories from this dark time in history. Several also focus on how other countries came to the aid of the Jews, risking everything to help.
This list of the best Holocaust documentaries includes: Death Mills, Seeds of Destiny, Memory of the Camps: Frontline, The Nazi Plan, The Nuremberg Trials and Murderers Among Us. Vote up the Holocaust documentary you think is the most well done or add any not on the list.
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Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge- Actors: Linda Ellerbee, Horst-Günter Marx, Klaus Mikoleit
- Released: 2004
- Claude Lanzmann
- Actors: Richard Glazar, Raul Hilberg, Filip Müller, Mordechaï Podchlebnik, Simon Srebrnik
- Released: 1985
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust ...moreAvailable On:
- Alain Resnais
- Kary Antholis
- Actors: Gerda Weissmann Klein, Kurt Klein
- Released: 1995
One Survivor Remembers is a 1995 documentary short film by Kary Antholis in which Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein recounts her six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty, including the loss ...more - 5
Children Remember the Holocaust
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The Holocaust On Trial