Documentary
Narrated by Liev Schreiber
Written and Directed by Steven Hoggard
The Story:
From the National Geographic Explorers show comes the true story of American soldiers captured at the Battle of the Bulge and turned into POWs. Over 300 were isolated because of suspected Jewish ancestry and sent to the Berga Concentration Camp. They began working to build underground tunnels to work on Hitler's secret rocket fuel.
As the war drew to a close, the Nazis forced them to march away from the camp as quickly as possible. The race was on to see if they would be liberated before they died from the death march.
Even Americans were dragged into Hitler's dream of a new world order, this documentary shines a light on an untold tale of drama and despair from the hundreds of soldiers who were forced into the Nazi slave labor camps.
It is a quick, insightful documentary that cannot possibly begin to do justice to the terrible tragedies endured by the hundreds of Americans and millions of German and Jewish people from neighboring countries.
However, it is a good place to start.
Available for streaming on Netflix as of this writing.
Final Grade: Solid B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Too depressing to watch repeatedly, but well worth at least one viewing.
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