Histories of the Holocaust - Dachau: State Within A State

Dachau Camp was officially described as "the first concentration camp for political prisoners" by Heinrich Himmler. Behind its fences the murderous SS policies, epidemics and starvation claimed thousands of lives. This program, the first of two focusing on the Dachau camp, shows the true horrors of the Nazi regime, from the infamous shower rooms to the crematorium that ran day and night disposing of human remains.