Auschwitz
999 - The hidden story of the women on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz
On March 25, 1942, 997 young, mainly middle class women boarded a train in Slovakia. They'd been told to report to central locations in the country's east to sign up for what was described as… Audio
The extraordinary story of Nazi evil sewn into family armchair
World War II historian Daniel Lee's new book, The SS Officer's Armchair, came about by chance after he met a woman whose mother had taken an old armchair for reupholstering in Amsterdam. What happened… Audio, Gallery
Jewish holocaust survivor's Auschwitz book published
Under a pile of old clothes, in the barracks of the most notorious of all of Hitler's concentration camps, Dr Eddy de Wind hid a notebook with an account of his life as a prisoner in Auschwitz. Audio
Lisa Glass discovers WW11 secrets
To coincide with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, book critic Lisa Glass has been reading books with a common theme - World War 11 secrets. Audio
Cilka Klein - colluding with the enemy
Cilka Klein was just 16 when she was sent to Auschwitz. She caught the eye of a Nazi officer and survived the camp, only to be sent to a Siberian prison camp when the war ended, charged with… Audio
The man who volunteered to go to Auschwitz
It's a story from World War Two that had never really been told before - one of a Polish man who volunteered to infiltrate Auschwitz and get word to the Allies about what was happening inside. The… Audio
'I see barbed wire, immediately I'm back in Auschwitz'
Internationally acclaimed psychologist Dr Edith Eger, 90, was a teenager in Hungary when she and her family were sent to Auschwitz. Audio
David Galler: stories of life and death
Kim Hill talks to Dr David Galler, Intensive Care Specialist at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital for 25 years, and clinical director at Ko Awatea. He tells his story in the memoir, Things That Matter… Audio
Catastrophes lay bare many truths
Rebecca Macfie, Lloyd Jones and Gaylene Preston discuss dealing creatively with tough stuff through non-fiction, family memoir, and television drama at the 2014 Christchurch Word Writers and Readers… Audio
Auschwitz survivors mark 70th anniversary of liberation
300 Auschwitz survivors, along with an international delegation of politicians from 50 countries, gathered overnight at Auschwitz concentration camp to lay wreathes and hear speeches to mark the 70th… Audio
The Panel with Ella Henry and Matt Nippert (Part 2)
Topics: Do we live in a truly golden age of grumbling? The winning sculpture in Waiheke Islands sculpture competition has been vandalised. The matter of flying our flags at half-mast to mark the death… Audio
Auschwitz commemoration marked in New Zealand
Today marks 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, where 1.1 million people were murdered by the German Nazi regime. Audio
New Zealand to mark Auschwitz survived
Commemorations are being held around the world today to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Audio
Dennis Avery
The man who broke into Auschwitz; Dennis Avery tells his wartime story in his 95th year. Audio