Diamonds and the Holocaust
As Jewish lapidaries were held in Nazi concentration camps, diamond sales soared in the US. Both sides saw gemstones as integral to the war effort.
Holocaust
‘Never Again’ by Andrew I. Port review
‘Real world’ German responses to postwar genocide.
Continental Shame
The Holocaust as European history.
‘Nakam’ by Dina Porat review
Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge by Dina Porat explores acts of vengeance in the aftermath of the Second World War.
The Roma Holocaust
Europe’s Roma were the victims of Nazi genocide during the Second World War, but their persecution did not end in 1945.
The Only Ones Left
Children’s accounts of surviving the Holocaust.
The Man The Allies Ignored
The Polish volunteer who infiltrated Auschwitz.
Travels Through Time #15 – Mary Fulbrook, 1939-45
This episode examines the Nazi genocide through human interactions with three crime scenes.
Menstruation and the Holocaust
Periods are a fact of life, but little talked about. How did women in the concentration camps cope with the private being made public in the most dire and extreme circumstances?
A Light in the Darkness
A children’s opera brought a brief respite from the terrors of the Holocaust.