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How the Holocaust Began

From one perspective, it can looklike just a regular mass grave from the wartime. However,...

From one perspective, it can look
like just a regular mass grave from the wartime. However, we know from a single testimony we have of a pre-war vet, Polish vet, who was brought here as
a prisoner, political prisoner, he was brought here with
30 other Poles, forced to assist the Germans
in killing Jewish people from a neighbouring ghetto

Full Transcript

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From one perspective, it can look like just a regular mass grave
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from the wartime. However,
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we know from a single testimony
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we have of a pre-war vet,
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Polish vet, who was brought here as a prisoner, political prisoner,
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he was brought here with 30 other Poles,
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forced to assist the Germans in killing Jewish people
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from a neighbouring ghetto.
Duration
30 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:13
Uploaded
Apr 20, 2025
Genres
documentary, history, war
Production
Caravan Media

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Movie Summary

The Nazi evolution from murderous anti-semitism into organised death camps, as documented in this sober piece of historical excavation from Holocaust specialist James Bulgin, is truly shocking in its specificity. An ad-hoc interpr...
So people were brought in carts here, alive, - How the Holocaust Began 00:10
So people were brought in carts here, alive,
They were just covered with quicklime - How the Holocaust Began 00:08
They were just covered with quicklime
And so they dug pits, put quicklime into the pits? - How the Holocaust Began 00:06
And so they dug pits, put quicklime into the pits?
Brought people inside, brought containers with water, - How the Holocaust Began 00:13
Brought people inside, brought containers with water,
With...? Boiling people in...? Yes. Inside. - How the Holocaust Began 00:06
With...? Boiling people in...? Yes. Inside.
And this is what we know from this testimony of a Polish vet. - How the Holocaust Began 00:06
And this is what we know from this testimony of a Polish vet...
He was here from the very beginning until the end, - How the Holocaust Began 00:10
He was here from the very beginning until the end,
So, right where we are here, - How the Holocaust Began 00:09
So, right where we are here,
We think that is an experimental killing site here. - How the Holocaust Began 00:07
We think that is an experimental killing site here.
Yeah, different ways of killing people. - How the Holocaust Began 00:05
Yeah, different ways of killing people.
It's believed Lange killed 3,000 Jews here in a series of trials, - How the Holocaust Began 00:12
It's believed Lange killed 3,000 Jews here in a series ...
It was just a pure technical rehearsal of which method - How the Holocaust Began 00:17
It was just a pure technical rehearsal of which method
So clearly there's an intention being consolidated - How the Holocaust Began 00:20
So clearly there's an intention being consolidated
But, of course, as an intention, - How the Holocaust Began 00:07
But, of course, as an intention,
And that's what we see here. The actual practical means - How the Holocaust Began 00:07
And that's what we see here. The actual practical means
They are testing, they are trying, they are drawing conclusions. - How the Holocaust Began 00:05
They are testing, they are trying, they are drawing conclusi...
Lime, quicklime is expensive, - How the Holocaust Began 00:14
Lime, quicklime is expensive,
"We need to think about something This is it. - How the Holocaust Began 00:06
"We need to think about something This is it.
And of course, the thing is, you know, we're talking - How the Holocaust Began 00:10
And of course, the thing is, you know, we're talking
Agnieszka's team continues to search the forest - How the Holocaust Began 00:07
Agnieszka's team continues to search the forest