Below are only a few of the links to YouTube videos that I watched in researching World War II, the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Bedzin, Warsaw, Pervitin, Auschwitz, and the liberation of Auschwitz. The videos are primarily documentaries with a few interviews and actual footage reels.
A Holocaust Survivor Recalls the Day He was Liberated:
After Hitler: The Path to Democracy:
Archival Film of the Jewish Ghetto in Dabrowa Gornicza and Bedzin Part 1 of 2:
Auschwitz: The Complete Tour (Warning: Actual Footage):
Auschwitz-Birkenau: The Horrifying Story of the Nazi’s Largest Death Camp:
Bedzin: A Small Town near Auschwitz:
Ernest Hemingway on Fascism and the Spanish Civil War (PBS):
Franco: The Last Fascist Documentary:
German-Soviet Invasion of Poland 1939 (WW2 Documentary):
Germany’s Invasion of Poland and the Fierce Polish Resistance (Documentary):
How Democracies Implode – The Spanish Civil War (Part 1):
How the Holocaust Happened:
How the Nationalists Won the Spanish Civil War (Animated Documentary):
Impossible Peace: Dancing on a Volcano 1929-1931:
Inside Auschwitz: First-Hand Accounts from the Holocaust:
Inside the Jewish Ghetto Created by the Nazis in Krakow:
Inside the Siege of Warsaw (1939 Documentary):
Irma Grese: The Beautiful Beast of Auschwitz (Documentary):
Life in Poland: The Most Resilient Country in Europe:
Nazi’s Photo Album Shows Life of Top Auschwitz Officer (60 Minutes):
Poland: Before and After WWII Gdansk, Warsaw, Krakow 1946:
Poland’s Final WW2 Radio Message (Translated to English):
Polish City Stages Chilling Holocaust Reenactment:
Six Years Under Hitler: The Story of the Polish Resistance:
The Executions of the Female Guards of Ravensbrück:
The Hidden Story of Nazi Drug Use (Documentary):
The Liberation of Auschwitz (Includes 1945 Original Red Army Footage):
The Liberation of Krakow:
The Lost German Girl: Eight Decades Searching for the Name Behind the Face:
This is What Life Was Like for Germans in 1936 When Hitler Was in Power:
Uncensored Footage from the Nazi Invasion of Poland:
Vichy and the Nazis: A Deal with the Devil (Documentary):
Warsaw, Poland before World War 2:
Week 282: The Red Army Overruns Poland – WW2 – January 20, 1945:
What Happened Right Before Jewish Concentration Camps Were Liberated: Auschwitz Untold in Color:
What is the Difference Between the Gestapo and the SS?
What Life was Like Under Nazi Occupation: