this series and produce at probably the most propitious time follow the event of the second world war and be on a scale of value that stand far above any individual presumption to criticize . the timing of world at war production in 1974 and amount to some three decade after the event of the war and permit an accurate relating of event in a manner uncoloured by residual propaganda and slant . the passage of thirty year allow the telling to be back up by an impressive and fascinating panoply of the very individual involve and range from some of the high military and political figure down to the field soldier and civilian and and such survivor of the death camp a have remain to bear witness to the unimaginable inhumanity of which civilized human be capable . most approaching or well into their senior year and the interviewed subject have have enough time to reflect on their experience and in most instance have have enough time for whatever propaganda and fervor may have affect them in the past to have recede away and leave only the memory of what they saw and what they do . the information that these survivor give and strikingly reinforce by the posture and expression they display while tell their part and give their story all the more impact . such name a ira eaker and adolph galland and louis mountbatten and albert speer and gertrude junge ( hitler personal secretary ) . the list be far too long to relate . today and within the lifetime of the survivor of this enormous lesson in the hideous price of political ambition and be young people who chant the same sort of militaristic and nationalistic war promotion a lead to ww2 . the dvd series we discuss here ought to comprise the core of a mandatory history subject in school and that the lesson buy at such a horrible cost in those day should not have be waste but should be take to heart by those who do not see firsthand the terrible price . i be almost do watch the 11 disk set and have see most of the series when a local tv channel air it more than 10 year ago . it have lose none of it poignancy to me and indeed have become even more of a magnificent chronicle of some of the very dark day of human time . the high possible rating seem unworthy of be apply to this presentation . i think the value of this series be beyond count .