Ep. 17- The Kindertransport with Amy Williams
Send us Fan Mail From the earliest days of the Third Reich through the end of the war, there were organized efforts to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis. Perhaps as many as 10,000 were rescued in...
13 Maj 20241h 37min
Ep. 16- Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust with Jason Lantzer
Send us Fan Mail General Dwight Eisenhower’s visit to the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945 fundamentally changed his outlook on the war and on his enemy, the Nazis. It also changed the way he...
6 Maj 20241h 24min
Ep. 15- Holocaust Education with Irene Ann Resenly
Send us Fan Mail We talk a lot about learning from the Holocaust and lessons from the Holocaust, but we don’t talk nearly enough about HOW to TEACH the Holocaust. Understanding how to present this co...
29 Apr 20241h 18min
Ep. 14- The Romani Experience during the Holocaust with Ari Joskowicz
Send us Fan Mail Some historians have argued that the experience of Romani people during the Holocaust most closely approximated that of the Jews in terms of policy and execution. Of course, there we...
22 Apr 20241h 34min
Ep. 13- Drunk on Genocide: Nazi Perpetrators, Alcohol, and Violence with Ed Westermann
Send us Fan Mail What motivated Nazi perpetrators? How do we explain the apparent ease with which so many Germans carried out acts of extreme violence? These are some of the most enduring questions ...
15 Apr 20241h 17min
Ep. 12- The Auschwitz Jewish Center and Holocaust Education in Poland with Tomek Kuncewicz and Maciek Zabierowski
Send us Fan Mail This episode covers a lot of ground with my guests from the Auschwitz Jewish Center, Tomek Kuncewicz and Maciek Zabierowski. We talk about the history of the Jewish community in Oświ...
8 Apr 20241h 22min
Ep. 11- Hunger and Starvation in Ghettos with Helene Sinnreich
Send us Fan Mail The Nazis pursued a variety of strategies in their attempts to murder all the Jews of Europe. One of these was starvation, particularly within ghettos where they could control the fl...
1 Apr 20241h 22min
Ep. 10- Why We Fight- The Band of Brothers Holocaust Episode with John Orloff and Ross McCall
Send us Fan Mail It’s been over 20 years since the HBO television series Band of Brothers appeared, but it continues to shape the popular understanding and conception of World War II. The series is f...
25 Mars 20241h 32min
