Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (2025)

Plot

In this deeply personal and unflinching film, historian Simon Schama grapples with the vast impact of the Holocaust and the suffering endured by its victims. His journey culminates in a poignant visit to Auschwitz, as he traverses the continent to uncover the truth that the Holocaust was not merely a Nazi fixation enacted in gas chambers, but a widespread European atrocity marked by complicity. From the bullet-riddled landscapes of his Lithuanian heritage to the bureaucratic systems in the Netherlands, he exposes how ingrained prejudice was weaponized against Jewish communities. A touching conversation with a survivor underscores the enduring relevance of the notion that "evil comes step by step."