"On Auschwitz" (1): The beginnings of Auschwitz

The German Nazi Auschwitz camp was established by the SS in the
occupied city of Oświęcim, on the Polish territory annexed by the
Third Reich at the beginning of World War II. Paweł Sawicki talks
to Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz, head of the Museum Research Center,
about the details of the decision-making process which led to the
creation of the camp and about its first prisoners.