In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust and the catastrophe experienced by its victims. In a journey that ends with his first visit to Auschwitz, Simon travels across the Continent to explore how the Holocaust was far more than a Nazi obsession that played out in gas chambers, but a European-wide crime of complicity. From bullets in the Lithuanian lands of his ancestors to bureaucracy in the Netherlands, he reveals how deep-rooted prejudice was weaponised to turn people against their Jewish neighbours. As a moving interview with a survivor reveals, the story of how ‘evil comes step by step’ remains powerfully relevant today.
Unfortunately the movie Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Hugo Macgregor | Director |
| Production | Jyoti Mehta | Producer |
| Production | Nicolas Kent | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charlotte Sacher | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Tom Hayward | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Richard Wilkinson | Editor |