Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ @usarmy vet/single dad/ Grad @westpoint_usma and @UNC. he/him writes @PostOpinions, FRHistS Host of @holocaustpod
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined December 2008
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New episode! I talk with Aliza Luft about her new book on the French Catholic Church and the Holocaust. It's a really fascinating look at the role of institutions in genocide and shows how French bishops misled French Jewish leaders.
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Did you know that women played a critical role in the Jewish resistance and during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising? In this episode, I talked with Elizabeth Hyman about her fascinating work on these incredible women!
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How do Holocaust museums deal with traumatic material? How do we teach about this difficult topic with care and nuance, considering different audiences? On this episode, I talk with Julie J. Golding about this challenging subject.
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On the latest episode of the Holocaust History Podcast, I talked with Laura Jockusch about the fascinating phenomenon of Jewish revenge during and after the Holocaust.
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What is the truth behind the Nazi obsession with the occult? In this episode, I talked with Eric Kurlander about the Nazi pursuit of the supernatural, what it says about the Third Reich, and how it impacted the Nazi genocidal project.
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What role did Polish mayors in enabling the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust? How do we investigate this difficult history? On the latest episode, I talk with Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe about his important work on this topic.
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NEW on the @holocaustpod:
A sobering lesson that justice must be continually reinforced or it fades.
Nuremberg and its subsequent trials were supposed to bring Nazi criminals to justice...yet by 1958, almost all of them had been released from prison.
How and why were they able to escape justice? On the latest episode, we talk about just this problem.
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Have you heard about the Janowska camp before? It was an incredibly important place and one which exemplifies almost all elements of the Holocaust.
Check out the latest episode starring...your host and Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen.
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What IS a concentration camp? Where did the concept come from? How does the history of concentration camps inform our understanding of them (past and present)?
These are just some of the questions we covered in this episode!
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In this episode, we go back to Babi Yar, the largest open-air shooting of the Holocaust which took place in Kyiv in September 1941.
I talked with Victoria Khiterer about the massacre, bystanders, and the incredible struggle to commemorate this event.
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In this episode, I talked with Carolyn Dean about witnessing the Holocaust and empathy. We had a wide-ranging conversaion about the appropriate use of images and also about bystanding and the challenge of indifference.
A LOT to think about!
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On this episode, I talked with Prof. Hájková about her remarkable book on queer Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
We had a great discussion about the challenges and complexities of queering the Holocaust and what it teaches us.
Check it out!
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How did women experience the Holocaust differently than men? And how does a gendered approach help us to better understand the past?
On the latest episode, I talk with Elissa Bemporad about her work on Jewish women and the Holocaust. thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/…
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I've got a great episode of the @HolocaustPod to start off 2026.
Topic: German Military Chaplains and the Holocaust
We are BACK with our first episode of 2026!
I talk with the amazing Doris Bergen about the role of German military chaplains in supporting the Nazi state and their complicity in its crimes.
Check it out!
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New episode of the @HolocaustPod with Jack El-Hai who wrote the book behind the new movie Nuremberg
Are you excited about the new movie Nuremberg? Want to learn more about the story behind the film?
Check out the latest episode with Jack El-Hai, the author of the book the movie is based on!
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New episode of the @HolocaustPod!
And a timely one about attempts to evade responsibility for complicity!
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New episode!
How did Nazi perpetrators attempt to evade prosecution (and their own guilt?)
In this episode, I talked with Andrew Wisely about SS doctor Franz Lucas' attempts to manipulate history and the justice system.
Check it out!
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New episode!
How did Nazi perpetrators attempt to evade prosecution (and their own guilt?)
In this episode, I talked with Andrew Wisely about SS doctor Franz Lucas' attempts to manipulate history and the justice system.
Check it out!
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"Sometimes it can still be surprising how deeply the Nazi state tainted every aspect of society...including ornithology."
@NicholasMilton, Senior Advisor of ARCHER, discusses The Birdman of Auschwitz on @holocaustpod with @waitmanb.
🎧Listen here: thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/…
And watch this space for related programming @ARCHERatHouse88.
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New episode of the @HolocaustPod just dropped!
This discussion of Yiddish and the Holocaust was SO interesting. I guarantee you you will find it amazing, too!
In this episode, I talk with Hannah Pollin-Galay about the effect of the Holocaust on Yiddish. How does a language work during a genocide? How did Jews use language to make sense of the Holocaust?
This is a really fascinating conversation! thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/…