This is the 1978 miniseries starring James Woods and Meryl Streep. I watched the original series in 1978. It had a profound impact on my understanding of human atrocities and the depths of depravity. I moved to Germany one year later and visited Dachau which forever seared visual images of remnant horrors that took place there and many concentration/death camps spread throughout Germany and other parts of Europe.
It is not enough to view this and simply say "aww, that's sad", rather should be a wake-up call for people to understand the Holocaust from a proper perspective as the same ideals, philosophies, rhetoric, values, beliefs, pseudo-science, and pseudo-religious mindsets that lead to and enabled such atrocities continue to thrive in modern societies throughout the world.
I have long wished to see this film again and recently found it on DVD at holocaust-dvd.com

Are you reffering to 'Shoah'? If you are, the miniseries is simply amazing. No historical images, but the interviews say more then the pictures ever could. Pictures are less personal then the interviews you hear from former prisoners, and a former officer of the SS-Totenkopfverbande! I think the directors name is Lanzmann, and he did a great, great job. One of the better documentaries I have ever seen.h