Skip to main content
Escape from Auschwitz

Up Next

Ben Franklin's Bones

Ben Franklin's Bones

Season 14 Episode 1
54:41
Jamestown’s Dark Winter

Jamestown’s Dark Winter

Season 14 Episode 4
54:41
Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Season 15 Episode 5
55:11
Van Gogh’s Ear

Van Gogh’s Ear

Season 16 Episode 2
55:09
Nero’s Sunken City

Nero’s Sunken City

Season 16 Episode 3
55:11
Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science

Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science

Season 16 Episode 4
55:11
The Woman in the Iron Coffin

The Woman in the Iron Coffin

Season 16 Episode 5
55:10
Hannibal in the Alps

Hannibal in the Alps

Season 17 Episode 2
55:10
King Arthur's Lost Kingdom

King Arthur's Lost Kingdom

Season 17 Episode 3
55:41
Egypt's Darkest Hour

Egypt's Darkest Hour

Season 17 Episode 4
55:11
World War Speed

World War Speed

Season 17 Episode 5
55:41
Abandoning the Titanic

Abandoning the Titanic

Season 17 Episode 6
55:15
Back to Show
Secrets of the Dead

Escape from Auschwitz

Season 7 Episode 2

Nazi records show that tens of thousands of Jews from German-occupied territories were sent to Auschwitz to be executed each month. But two Auschwitz prisoners, Rudolph Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, were determined to expose the horrors of the Nazi genocide and stop the killing factories forever. To do that, they had to become the first to escape from the heavily-guarded camp.

Watch Preview