The Holocaust History Podcast

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The Holocaust History Podcast

The Holocaust History Podcast features engaging conversations with a diverse group of guests on all elements of the Holocaust.  Whether you are new to the topic or come with prior knowledge, you will learn something new.

  1. 23 HR AGO

    Ep. 34- The Holocaust in Belarus with Franziska Exeler

    Send us a textHistorian Timothy Snyder wrote that, between 1941 and 1944, Belarus was the deadliest place on earth. And he was right. The population there, both Jewish and non-Jewish suffered under the full weight of the Nazi genocidal project from the Holocaust by Bullets to the Hunger Plan.In this episode, I talked with Franziska Exeler about the Holocaust in Belarus as well as its aftermath in postwar justice and its place in postwar memory. Franziska Exeler is an assistan...

    1h 30m

  2. 4 NOV

    Ep. 33- The Bełżec Extermination Camp with Chris Webb

    Send us a textThe Bełżec extermination camp was the first of the so-called Operation Reinhard camps to open. In some ways, it provided the model for the other Reinhard camps of Sobibor and Treblinka. In this episode, Chris Webb provides a detailed history of the camp and a detailed discussion of the important role that Bełżec played in the Final Solution. Chris Webb is an independent researcher who has written multiple books on the Operation Reinhard camps. He is also t...

    1h 2m

  3. 28 OCT

    Ep. 32- Lanzmann's Shoah with Dominic Williams

    Send us a textIn 1985, the nine-hour film Shoah by Claude Lanzmann hit theaters. This powerful production featured survivor testimony as well as secretly filmed interviews with Nazi perpetrators. It’s length and the way it was shot challenges our understanding of what a Holocaust film is. Is it a documentary film or something else? How has it impacted both our understanding of the event as well as the ways in which others have made films and movies about the Holocaust? ...

    1h 25m

  4. 21 OCT

    Ep. 31- Decoding the Holocaust Codes with Christian Jennings

    Send us a textWhen the Einsatzgruppen began reporting that they were murdering Jews, the British code-breakers at Bletchley Park intercepted and decoded the messages. Throughout the Holocaust, these men and women deciphered the reports of the SS and documented the crimes of the Nazi state.On this episode, I talk with journalist and researcher Christian Jennings about the Holocaust Code and what we can learn about the Holocaust from decoded Nazi transmissions. Christian Jennings is ...

    1h 12m

  5. 14 OCT

    Ep. 30- Nazi Eugenics with Marius Turda

    Send us a textThe first victims were not Jews per se, but Germans. That is to say, that the Nazis first murdered mentally and physically handicapped Germans that they considered to be unworthy of living. In so doing, they drew on the long history of the eugenics movement. In this episode, I talked with Marius Turda about the role eugenics played in the Nazi state, its connections to the larger global eugenics movement, and the echoes of this history today. Marius T...

    1h 16m

  6. 7 OCT

    Ep. 29- German Resistance to the Nazis with Mark Roseman

    Send us a textThe topic of resistance during the Holocaust is always a controversial one. What is resistance? What did it take to stand up to the Nazis when the vast majority of Germans did not.In this episode, I talk with historian Mark Roseman about a remarkable group of socialists in Nazi Germany who made the difficult choice to stand up in ways both big and small. We also talk about nature of resistance and what makes a resister or rescuer.Mark Roseman is a distinguished profe...

    1h 35m

  7. 30 SEPT

    Ep. 28- The International Tracing Service with Dan Stone

    Send us a textIn addition to the massive loss of life, the twelve years of Nazi rule in Europe created one of the largest demographic disasters in human history with millions of people scattered across the continent. For Holocaust survivors, one of the most pressing tasks after liberation was attempting to discover the fates of relatives and friends. A variety of international organizations worked to help these people, This also resulted in one of the most interesting ...

    1h 24m

  8. 23 SEPT

    Ep. 27- The Catholic Church and the Holocaust with David Kertzer

    Send us a textThe behavior of the Catholic Church and Pope Pius XII is one of the most hotly debated controversies in the history of the Holocaust. And for a long time much of the evidence about that has been locked away in the Vatican Archives. Now, historians are finally able to access these documents.In this episode, I talk with one of those who has access to those Vatican archives, David Kertzer, about the response of the Catholic Church to the rise of the Nazis and to the Hol...

    1h 20m
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The Holocaust History Podcast features engaging conversations with a diverse group of guests on all elements of the Holocaust.  Whether you are new to the topic or come with prior knowledge, you will learn something new.

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