#195: The Holocaust - An Unprecedented Crime and an American Betrayal?
6/28/202658 min
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This two-part podcast explores what sets the Holocaust apart from other atrocities in history, focusing on its intent and ideological foundations and providing two unsettling responses. It then turns to the United States. By 1942, news of the genocide had reached American shores—but to what extent were Americans made aware of its scale and purpose? How do we explain why the story of mass murder was often minimized, buried, or delayed by the major American newspapers? What did that relative silence ultimately mean for the Jews of Europe?
Timestamps
00:00 – **Liberation Shock & Media Blindness**
00:41 – **Intro, Dedication & 5-Year Anniversary**
01:57 – **New WhatsApp Community**
03:34 – **What Makes the Holocaust Unique?**
06:04 – **Ideology, WWII & Other Victim Groups**
23:24 – **Dehumanization, Cruelty & Practical Uniqueness**
31:26 – **From Discrimination to the Final Solution**
35:06 – **How American Media Failed the Jews**
45:06 – **NYT, Assimilated Elites & Hashkafic Lessons**
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsAubrey Hirsch· Host0:00
When American and British troops entered Buchenwald and Dachau and Bergen-Belsen, the American press suddenly exploded with front page graphic horrified coverage. And the editors and reporters reacted as if they were discovering a completely unknown, a completely hidden secret for the first time. Whereas in reality, their own newsrooms had been receiving detailed accounts for years. And ultimately, the American media failed to alarm the public, not so much because they suppressed the facts, but because they lacked the moral drive to interpret them.
Menachem Reisner· Host0:41
How do we know that they were receiving detailed, accurate reports? Welcome to History for the Curious, the most listened to Jewish history podcast in the world, powered by Olam UK in London. I'm Mena Risner, and I host internationally renowned historian Rabbi Aubrey Hirsch. Join hundreds of thousands of curious listeners as we travel through two thousand years of Jewish history through triumph and tragedy, exile and survival, faith and resilience, uncovering the people, events, and turning points that created the Jewish journey and continue to shape us into who we are today.
Aubrey Hirsch· Host1:22
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