What possessed seemingly cultured men to implement a policy of barbarism against the Jews of Europe? Laurence Rees seeks the answer in what JP O’Malley considers to be a magisterial undertaking of research.

Series three of Love/Hate begins on RTÉ One tomorrow: left to right, Peter Coonan, Robbie Sheehan, Tom Vaughan Lawlor and Killian Scott.

The recent acclaimed BBC 1 series Auschwitz is now available on DVD. Written and produced by Laurence Rees, it looks at the origins of the camp where hundreds of thousands were killed.