Night and Fog

The film "Night and Fog" (1956) is a French documentary short film that explores the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps. The title alternates between past and present, using historical black-and-white footage alongside newly shot color footage, as narrator Michel Bouquet describes the rise of Nazi ideology. The film depicts sadism inflicted upon prisoners, including scientific and medical experiments, executions, and rape, showcasing images of gas chambers and piles of bodies. The documentary concludes with the liberation of the country, the discovery of the horror of the camps, and the questioning of who was responsible for them.