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, Aug 22 3:00 A.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 24 2:00 A.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 24 4:00 A.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Aug 24 10:00 P.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Aug 25 2:00 A.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Aug 26 8:00 P.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Aug 27 1:00 A.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Aug 27 9:00 A.M. Last Days of Pompeii     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Aug 27 10:00 P.M. The End of the Romans     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Aug 28 2:00 A.M. The End of the Romans     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 29 3:00 A.M. The End of the Romans     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 31 2:00 A.M. The End of the Romans     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 31 4:00 A.M. The End of the Romans     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Aug 31 10:00 P.M. The End of the Romans     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Sep 1 2:00 A.M. The End of the Romans     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Sep 2 8:00 P.M. The End of the Romans     NH World (11.3)


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