Secrets of the Dead

Season 18 Episode 2: Bombing Auschwitz

21 Seasons Jan 21, 2020 NR 56m 7.8

Join historians, survivors and experts as they consider one of the great moral dilemmas of the 20th century. Should the Allies have risked killing Auschwitz prisoners and bombed the camp to stop future atrocities?

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Season 18 Episodes:

Episode 1 Galileo's Moon

1. Galileo's Moon

Aired: Jul 2, 2019

Using observations of the Earth's moons and Jupiter's moons, Galileo's "Sider...

Episode 2 Bombing Auschwitz

2. Bombing Auschwitz

Aired: Jan 21, 2020

Join historians, survivors and experts as they consider one of the great mora...

Episode 3 Building Notre Dame

3. Building Notre Dame

Aired: Apr 8, 2020

Follow an investigation into the centuries-long construction of Notre Dame de...

Episode 4 Viking Warrior Queen

4. Viking Warrior Queen

Aired: Jul 7, 2020

Swedish archaeologists prove through a DNA study that remains found in the bu...

Episode 6 Gangster's Gold

6. Gangster's Gold

Aired: Nov 18, 2020

Three groups of treasure hunters search for the gold fortune buried somewhere...


Info about Secrets of the Dead

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Genres:War, Documentary, History