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During the Autumn of 1942, in occupied France, U-612 is now ready for its maiden voyage, preparing to head into the increasingly brutal warfare with its young crewmen, including the new captain, Klaus Hoffmann.

Drama | 3 seasons

Das Boot

The U.S. and the Holocaust: Series tells the story of how the American people grappled with one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century, and how this struggle tested the ideals of their democracy.

Documentary | 6 parts

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, continues his lifelong crusade for law and peace.

Documentary | 1 episode

Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz

Set during World War II, Bomb Girls tells the remarkable stories of women who risked their lives in a munitions factory, building bombs for the European front.

Drama | 2 seasons

Bomb Girls

X COMPANY is an emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits.

X Company

A powerful and moving documentary with first-person testimonies from the survivors featured in The Windermere Children.

Documentary | 59 min

The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words

Oskar Gröning goes on trial in Germany as prosecutors race against time to bring aging Nazi guards to justice.

Documentary | 78 min

The Accountant of Auschwitz

How the First World War destroyed a town 4000km from the battlefield. Lieutenant Stephen Norris was the son of a kingpin. His father owned the cannery, the schooners and the general store in the Newfoundland community of Three Arms. When the First World War broke out, the young man volunteered, against the wishes of his parents. He would be killed at Beaumont-Hamel in 1916. With no heir left, and a family gutted, the businesses would shut down. And that spelled the end for Three Arms. The death of officers like Norris, had far reaching effects on post war development because they were usually those sons who would likely become business or political leaders. Stories like it are lore in Newfoundland and have far-reaching implications in other towns across Canada. The best and the brightest were killed, resulting in some communities disappearing. Three Arms is still there - sort of. The ruins of the church. The outline of the cannery. The cemetery still stands, and Lt Norris has a headstone there. His body though was never found, even though a photo exists of his parents searching the French battlefield for their son’s remains. It’s even become a part of a locally-known musical: “A Call To Arms”. It was written by playwright Petrina Bromley. She is now one of the lead actors in the New York production of Come From Away.  Petrinia’s people are all from Conche ( a nearby community). It’s also a small part of the key exhibit on at Newfoundland’s defining museum: The Rooms, where the loss of the island’s best and brightest is mourned for the pivotal impact it would have on successive decades. We can get to Three Arms by fishing boat. People are happy to take us, to tell us about how the war changed their island forever. Historians are pulling photos of the community, of Norris, of others like him.

News | 6 min

CBC News Special: Lost Town

Private George Lawrence Price was a Canadian soldier. He is traditionally recognized as the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed during the First World War. George Price was fatally shot in the chest by a German sniper as he stepped out of the house into the street. He was pulled into one of the houses and treated by a young Belgian nurse who ran across the street to help, but died a minute later at 10:58 a.m., November 11, 1918. His death was just two minutes before the armistice came into effect at 11:00 a.m.

News | 10 min

CBC News Special: Last Soldier

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