Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State Orders and Initiatives (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-14
TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, History, War

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Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

Orders and Initiatives (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-14

TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, History, War

Hoss deals with complications arising from the makeshift gas chamber and increasing demand as the Nazis begin to scour all of Europe for more people to bring to Auschwitz and kill.

Directors

Laurence Rees | Catherine Tatge

Writers

Laurence Rees (written by) | Megan Callaway | David Orenstein | Doris Bergen

Producers

Richard Cable | Anil Dewan | Philip Dunn | David Neiman | Laurence Rees

Cinematographers

Sergey Astakhov | Martin Patmore | Piotr Sliskowski

Editors

Alan Lygo | Douglas Varchool

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Updated Jan 18, 2005

Release date

Jan 19, 2005 (United States)

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Gert Heidenreich Narrator (voice) (version: German) Narrator (voice) (version: German) See fewer	Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Linda Hunt Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English) See fewer	The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Samuel West Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Van Helsing (2004)
Kazimierz Smolen Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz (as Kazimierz Smoleń) Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz (as Kazimierz Smoleń) See fewer	Pomni imya svoye (1974)
Pavel Stenkin Self - Soviet POW, Auschwitz Self - Soviet POW, Auschwitz See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Józef Mikusz Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Lucille Eichengreen Self - Hamburg Deportee Self - Hamburg Deportee See fewer	Radegast (2009)
Jacob Zylberstein Self - Polish Jew, Lodz Ghetto Self - Polish Jew, Lodz Ghetto See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Zofia Szalek Self - Chelmno Resident Self - Chelmno Resident See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Jozef Paczynski Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz Self - Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz See fewer	Diese verfluchten Stunden am Abend - Häftlingsbordelle im KZ (2012)
Michal Kabác Self - Slovak Hlinka Guard Self - Slovak Hlinka Guard See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Silvia Vesela Self - Slovak Jewish Deportee to Auschwitz Self - Slovak Jewish Deportee to Auschwitz See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Eva Votavova Self - Slovak Jewish Deportee to Auschwitz (as Eva Votavová) Self - Slovak Jewish Deportee to Auschwitz (as Eva Votavová) See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Otto Pressburger Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz Self - Jewish Prisoner, Auschwitz See fewer	Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Horst Günter Marx Rudolph Höss (as Horst-Günter Marx) Rudolph Höss (as Horst-Günter Marx) See fewer	The Venus Trap (1988)
Detlef Bothe Reenactment Actor Reenactment Actor See fewer	Anthropoid (2016)
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Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Chaim Mordechaj Rumkowski Self - Chairman of the Council of Elders (archive footage) Self - Chairman of the Council of Elders (archive footage) See fewer
Jozef Tiso Self - President of Slovakia (archive footage) Self - President of Slovakia (archive footage) See fewer
Vojtech Tuka Self - Prime Minister of Slovakia (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Slovakia (archive footage) See fewer