TV series

Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories

2025 · 1 season

Survivors speak with unbearable clarity, making you sit in silence and listen.

Created by: Catherine Bernstein
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Léonie Simaga

Overview: They are among the very few survivors. 44 survivors testify. How do you get out of Auschwitz, how do you rebuild yourself? How do you talk about this ultimate experience and also how do you pass it on?

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Created by: Catherine Bernstein
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Léonie Simaga

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
survival
death
memory
isolation
Places: None
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Horror	8
Humour	0
Realism	10
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Tension	5
Darkness	10
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	10

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