Annihilation

Documentary 2015

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"Annihilation" documents the tragic events that led to the Holocaust; a new generation of historians analyze the past and ask how it was possible that the eradication of Europe's Jewish population was even attempted.

Documentary 2015

Tout public

Starring Lambert Wilson, Yvan Attal

EPISODE 1

The End of the Illusions

In Germany 1933, Adolf Hitler spread anti-Semitic ideology and began to exclude Jews from society.

43 min · 7 Jan 2025 Tout public
EPISODE 2

Part 2

Shedding new light on the atrocities of the Final Solution; the German invasion of Poland saw death squads terrorize Jewish populations, who were rounded up and placed in ghettos.

43 min · 7 Jan 2025 Tout public
EPISODE 3

Part 3

By 1941, Hitler's focus was on the USSR. The Nazis' merciless advance led to the ghastly Babi Yar massacre in which 33,000 Jews were killed.

43 min · 27 Jan 2015 Tout public
EPISODE 4

Part 4

Leading historians reflect on the barbarity of the Holocaust. By 1941, the Nazis were using gas as the hideous method for mass killings at their death camps - including Auschwitz.

42 min · 27 Jan 2015 Tout public

Lambert Wilson

Narrator
Yvan Attal

Narrator
William Karel

Director
Blanche Finger

Director

About

Annihilation

DOCUMENTARY

"Annihilation" documents the tragic events that led to the Holocaust; a new generation of historians analyze the past and ask how it was possible that the eradication of Europe's Jewish population was even attempted.

Information

Studio: TV5.ca
Released: 2015
Rated: Tout public

Languages

Original Audio: French (France)
Audio: French (France) (AAC)