Wannsee. Looking at the International Dimension of the Holocaust.

By: Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz
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  • How did the Holocaust unfold in different European countries? What role did local anti-Semitism play? And how did Jews defend themselves? These and other questions are explored in our new podcast.
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  • #0 Introduction. Looking at the International Dimensions of the Holocaust

    #0 Introduction. Looking at the International Dimensions of the Holocaust
    Jan 17 2024
    The men at the Wannsee Conference planned to extend mass murder to all of Europe. In the protocol of the conference, Jewish populations were reduced to columns of numbers and estimates. We want to challenge this perspective by looking more closely at the specific situations in the different countries and communities that were targeted by the Nazi criminals.
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    7 mins
  • #1 Germany. Leo Baeck – Leading the Jewish Community in Troubled Times

    #1 Germany. Leo Baeck – Leading the Jewish Community in Troubled Times
    Jan 19 2024
    Rabbi Leo Baeck was one of the leading scholars of liberal Judaism in his time. When the Nazis came to power, he became the chairman of the newly formed Representative Council of German Jews. He led the Jewish community until his own deportation to the Theresienstadt ghetto. Judith and Jakob speak with Michael A. Meyer, who has written a new biography on Baeck’s fascinating life. Michael was a professor at the Hebrew Union College and published widely on Jewish history and liberal Judaism. He was the editor of the four-volume “German-Jewish History in Modern Times” and edited the last volume of Baeck’s collected works.
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    50 mins
  • #2 Belgium. The Committee for the Defense of the Jews (CDJ)

    #2 Belgium. The Committee for the Defense of the Jews (CDJ)
    Feb 28 2024
    We speak with the archivist and historian Dorien Styven – our colleague from the Belgian Holocaust Memorial "Kazerne Dossin" – about the Committee for the Defense of the Jews (CDJ). This organization's main goal was to save as many Jews as possible from being murdered by the Nazis. Founded by young communists, the Committee brought together very different Jewish groups. It succeeded in creating a vast network that helped about 3,000 children hide in private families and child care institutions. Partisans close to the Committee also carried out the only known attack on a deportation train to have taken place during the Holocaust. 
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    58 mins

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