Auschwitz Untold – DVD

An astonishing new documentary that conveys the horrors of the Holocaust in a vivid new light. Auschwitz Untold recasts contemporary black-and-white news footage recorded after the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenauwas liberated by Red Army soldiers in January 1945 in naturalistic colour, presenting the harrowing reality of the conditions endured by Jewish and Romani captives held behind its stone walls in fresh detail. The series Bafta-winning director David Shulman says his intention in making Auschwitz Untold was to offer as much contemporary resonance as possible. The colourisation of black-and-white archives is one aspect of making this history more accessible to a younger audience and giving greater humanity to the people seen in the footage, Shulman comments. We hope this series will help remove a barrier that separates contemporary audiences from the reality of the Holocaust so that we never ever forget the atrocities of the past, adds producer Sheldon Lazarus.