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Mystery Man of the A-Bomb
Stories of the people who built the first atomic weapons are well known. But what about those who provided the uranium? We look at a mysterious man who derived huge profits from the business of war.
Nazi Death Camp: The Great Escape
The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th October 1943, in one of the biggest and most successful prison revolts of WWII, the inmates fought back.
Top Billed Cast
Andreas Beckett Alexander Pechersky
Georg Nikoloff Leon Feldhendler
Susanna Herbert Selma Engel
William Ludwig SS Officer Frenzel
Simon Werner Berliner
Howard Tuck Self
Bart Stanislawek Toivi blatt
Semyon Rozenfeld Self
Damien Lyne narrator
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