What languages were spoken in the ghettoes and camps, in what David Rousset referred to in 1946 as the “concentrationary universe” [L’Univers concentrationnaire] ? In the camps in the west you are more likely to have heard French, German, Dutch

Episode 2: What is testimony and why should we care?

Oct 6th, 2020 17m 8s

In this week's podcast, we explore the nature of evidence, and especially testimony. We ask what kinds of evidence we can access when trying to understand how the Holocaust unfolded. Why, for example, is the study of a genocide like the Holoca

Episode 1: What the Holocaust teaches us about music

Sep 30th, 2020 7m 6s

In today’s podcast, we ask, “What does the Holocaust teach us about music?”I will answer this question in three different ways.First I will answer this negatively, focussing on how the Holocaust teaches us what music is notSecond I will a

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