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The Holocaust History Podcast
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A fortnightly podcast on the history of the Holocaust hosted by Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn (@waitmanwbeorn.com) featuring expert guests talking about a variety of topics.

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February 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Ep. 71. Queering the Holocaust with Anna Hรกjkovรก
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February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
On this episode, I talked with @ankahajkova.bsky.social 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.

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Ep. 71. Queering the Holocaust with Anna Hรกjkovรก - The Holocaust History Podcast
An important part of researching the Holocaust is recovering the stories of the diverse group of victims of the Nazi genocidal project.  For a very long time, queer victims have been marginalized...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Ep. 70. Women in the Holocaust with Elissa Bemporad
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January 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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/epis...
Ep. 70. Women in the Holocaust with Elissa Bemporad - The Holocaust History Podcast
How did women experience the Holocaust differently from men?  What do we learn from considering a gender perspective when we look at the past?  How did gender play a role in survival and opp...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Ep. 69- Wehrmacht Chaplains and the Holocaust with Doris Bergen
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January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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.

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Ep. 69- Wehrmacht Chaplains and the Holocaust with Doris Bergen - The Holocaust History Podcast
How could one be a man of God in Nazi Germany?  And, especially, how can one minister to the Wehrmacht, itself an instrument of the Nazi state while professing to adhere to Christian morality?&nb...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
EP. 68- Babi Yar: History, Memory, and Literature with Shay Pilnik
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December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New episode!

Babi Yar was the largest open-air shooting during the Holocaust. But efforts to commemorate it were difficult during the Soviet period.

In this episode, I talked with Shay Pilnik about how Soviet writers treated the Babi Yar massacre.
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EP. 68- Babi Yar: History, Memory, and Literature with Shay Pilnik - The Holocaust History Podcast
The mass shooting of Jews at Babi Yar in Kiev in September 1941 was the largest open-air shooting of Jews during the Holocaust.  In some ways, it came to stand for the Einsatzgruppen killings tak...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The folks at Clark University's Strassler Center might should be interested as well!
December 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ep. 67- Nuremberg Trials with Jack El-Hai
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December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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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Ep. 67- Nuremberg Trials with Jack El-Hai - The Holocaust History Podcast
The Nuremberg Trials were the first attempt at coming to terms with Nazi criminality.  While there was a legal component to this, there was also a psychological element.  What made Nazi mind...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM