Under Adolf Hitler's leadership, anti-Semitic policies escalate from discrimination to widespread genocide. The state-sponsored persecution features mobile killing squads conducting mass shootings, and then purpose-built death camps, where millions of men, women and children are murdered by poison gas.This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):Waitman Wade Beorn, assistant professor, Northumbria UniversityJadwiga Biskupska, associate professor, Sam Houston State UniversityAlexandra Richie, professor, Collegium CivitasDaniel Greene, adjunct professor, Northwestern UniversityJames Bulgin, Imperial War MuseumRebecca Erbelding, historian and authorSimon Sebag Montefiore, historian and authorRobert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum

World War II with Tom Hanks

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Darkness Falls

JUN 9, 202641 MIN
World War II with Tom Hanks

Darkness Falls

JUN 9, 202641 MIN

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<p>Under Adolf Hitler's leadership, anti-Semitic policies escalate from discrimination to widespread genocide. The state-sponsored persecution features mobile killing squads conducting mass shootings, and then purpose-built death camps, where millions of men, women and children are murdered by poison gas.</p><p>This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):</p><ul><li>Waitman Wade&nbsp;Beorn, assistant professor, Northumbria University</li><li>Jadwiga Biskupska, associate professor, Sam Houston State University</li><li>Alexandra Richie, professor, Collegium Civitas</li><li>Daniel Greene, adjunct professor, Northwestern University</li><li>James Bulgin, Imperial War Museum</li><li>Rebecca Erbelding, historian and author</li><li>Simon Sebag Montefiore, historian and author</li><li>Robert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum</li></ul>