Bombing Auschwitz
secrets of the dead

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?

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 1802

About Secrets of the Dead:

Part detective story, part true-life drama, SECRETS OF THE DEAD unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events.

Using the most up-to-date science in the laboratory and in the field, scientists and researchers examine the missing pieces of each puzzle, completing the picture of what had been merely an assemblage of suppositions.


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Fri, Oct 17 4:00 P.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Oct 18 5:00 A.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Oct 19 2:00 A.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Oct 19 10:00 P.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Oct 20 2:00 A.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Oct 21 5:00 A.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Oct 21 11:00 A.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Oct 21 8:00 P.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Oct 21 9:00 P.M. Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief - Part One     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Oct 22 1:00 A.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Oct 22 2:00 A.M. Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief - Part One     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Oct 22 9:00 A.M. Cleopatra's Last Temple     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Oct 22 10:00 A.M. Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief - Part One     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Oct 22 10:00 P.M. Cracking The Queen's Code     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Oct 23 2:00 A.M. Cracking The Queen's Code     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 24 3:00 A.M. Cracking The Queen's Code     NHPBS (11.1)


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