This is an intense documentary of the extermination of the Jewish people in the Holocaust, with much archival footage. The scenes are often gripping and horrifying in their veracity, but it is a must see for any student of the Holocaust. There is a reference close to the end of a letter from 93 virgins requesting the kaddish for them in the future - this particular letter was proved later to be a hoax (http://www.hashkafah.com) Regardless, it is an excellent documentary even with the often melodramatic voice of Elizabeth Taylor. Most Holocaust literature attempts to play down such drama because the reality simply cannot be conveyed. I will use this in film class.

An upsetting, powerful, and mostly well made documentary on The Holocaust. The archive footage is shocking, but perhaps just as disturbing were the suggestions that many countries that weren't Germany had limited sympathy for the Jewish population too.

1,000,000 Jewish deaths was shown as page 6 news in an American newspaper circa 1942/43, and many countries were said to not accomodate nearly as many fleeing Jewish refugees as they could have during the 1930s.

It's another documentary that makes those who deny this ever happened look absolutely ridiculous.

Was going thru the streaming films at ***flix and bumped into this. Of course streams are horrid so I rented it. Orson Welles is narrating most of it and being Orson.. he like todays Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones was among the best narrators. Interspersed with Elizabeth Taylor with emotion I'd never heard from her before lay before me a documentary that moves one to tears. The DVD is poorly cropped. So hopefully it will come to blu ray restored. The music is dated but the power is always in the narration and the images of horror shown on the screen. Highly recommend if your interest is in WWII stuff. Never was much into the Japanese side of stuff. Some within the last emperor , but mostly with the Nazi's, Jews and Russian sides. This one makes some note of America's lack of action that led to a worse situation that could have been.

10/10 Quality: 9/10 Re-playable ? 9/10 Entertainment: 0/10 (of course not)