Random Holocaust Podcasts

In each season, we will look at the true stories of redemption of saintly figures from all faiths. Our goal is to to understand the passions that drove them and the challenges they overcame on the journey. Over the next four episodes, we will sit down with experts to examine the life and legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a saintly figure whose story has never been more relevant. Bonhoeffer was arrested and executed by hanging at the Flossenburg Concentration Camp for his involvement in a failed attempt to kill Hitler and an operation to save jews from Germany. In order to grasp the full weight of Bonhoeffer’s legacy, we need to understand the person behind the legend. Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? And what experiences in his life led him from a comfortable patriotic German childhood to a resistor of Nazi rule?

Categories: History, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: bonhoeffer, dietrich bonhoeffer, Germany, Holocaust, Lutheranism, WW2

Life before, during and after the holocaust with Buchenwald survivor, Melvin Federbush. In hour 5 of this series, he reveals his harrowing experiences while in Nazi occupied Poland. Melvin Federbush was born in Deblin, Poland, July 1923. He attended Cheder and Yeshiva as well as high school. Within eight days of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, his parents and nine year old twin sisters were killed during a bombing attack. Melvin was taken prisoner during the Nazi occupation and forced to live in ghettos and concentration camps including Triglitz and the infamous Buchenwald. While being transported to Theresienstadt in a cattle car he escaped. Pretending to be a Polish Christian he managed to find work on a farm until the Russian army advanced into Germany and liberated prisoners in the area as well as him. Of his entire family of approximately 110 people, only he and his brother survived. After the war Melvin lived in Zurich and Lugano, Switzerland where he continued his education. In 1950 he immigrated to the United States and eventually became a fine arts dealer. Melvin is active in his community. He participates in the Westchester Holocaust Education Center, the Westchester Hemophilia Association, the Holocaust Museum in Washington, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. He is a member of Yad V’Shem in Jerusalem, the World Jewish Congress and B’nai B’rith, and a long-standing member of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Most recently he helped to organize the Holocaust Generations (children of survivors) and the Debliner Societies in NY and Florida. Melvin speaks publicly of his experiences to high school students and other organizations.

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: camp, concentration, Holocaust, poland, Survivor, Testimony

Beginning in 2017, Eshel Publications has been honored to host a summer trip through Jewish History. The trip is led by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky, who speaks at each stop, and brings the world of our past to life in the very places where it happened.

Eshel Publications is proud to present to you the recordings from these trips. You’ll feel like you were there as you hear Rav Aaron speaking at ancient shul, great yeshivos, holy kevarim, musuems, and monuments. Learn about the places where our ancestors lived and the places where they died.

And of course, visit https://www.eshelpublications.com/trips.html to join our upcoming trips and get the full experience!

Categories: Religion & Spirituality

Tags: Eshel, Europe Trip, History, Holocaust, Journey to Our Past, Litta, Lopiansky, Polish Jewry, torah, torahcast, torahcasts, Yeshiva

ENGLISH VERSION: Walk through Berlin for 33 suspenseful minutes experiencing the story of the legendary resistance group. /// DEUTSCHE FASSUNG: In 33 spannungsgeladenen Minuten erfahren Sie die Geschichte der legendären Widerstandsgruppe auf einem Spaziergang durch Berlin. /// VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA: Paseando por Berlín durante 33 minutos cargados de suspense usted podrá revivir la historia del legendario grupo de resistencia. — Produziert von der Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, Berlin und When 6 is 9 Productions GmbH — Produced by the German Resistance Memorial Foundation, Berlin and When 6 is 9 Productions GmbH — Producido por el Memorial de la Resistencia Alemana y When 6 is 9 Productions GmbH

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: 1940s, Berlin, Gestapo, Harnack, Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Resistance, Resistencia, Schulze Boysen, Widerstand

Holocaust Video Project with Dr. Kenneth Hanson discusses the history of the holocaust in a series of video lectures.

Categories: History, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: camps, dr, Germany, History, hitler, Holocaust, kenhanson, masskillings, nazighettos, torture

A documentary series using firsthand testimony to uncover the story of the Kindertransport – the rescue of 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and Austria in 1938-39.

Categories: Education, History, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: austria, Czechoslovakia, documentary, Germany, History, Holocaust, jewish, kindertransport, refugee, rescue, Shoah, Testimony

We Share The Same Sky is an intimate portrait of family history that tells the stories of two young women—Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, her granddaughter, on a search to retrace her grandmother’s history. Presented by USC Shoah Foundation, this seven-part narrative series explores how the retelling of family stories becomes history itself and how acts of kindness during war can echo across generations.

Categories: Education, History, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: antisemitism, denmark, Education, grief, History, Holocaust, immigration, Judaism, Memoir, refugee, Widowhood, world war ii

From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 12 Years That Shook the World explores stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history from 1933-1945. Our next season is scheduled to be released in 2024.

Please be advised: This podcast contains stories that listeners may find disturbing. Listen with caution.

Categories: History

Tags: 12, antisemitism, genocide, History, Holocaust, memorial, museum, shook, States, twelve, united, US, world, years