E5: Genocide Through a Modern Lens

In this episode, Sam and Casey explore the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum’s mission to preserve history and educate against hatred and genocide, the role of museums in shaping collective memory, and the importance of turning history’s darkest chapters into tools for preventing future injustices.

Audio Credits

Filmsndfx, “8 Freight Train,” Pixabay, 2022. Accessed November 12, 2024.

Hippler, Fritz. “Der ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew),” 1940. Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Accessed November 12, 2024.

Hitler, Adolf. “Reichstag Speech, January 30, 1939.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Accessed November 12, 2024.

Music in Exile, “Mohammed Alum-Untitled Song 2,” SoundCloud, 2019. Accessed November 12, 2024.

National Archives. “Liberation of Auschwitz: Belongings of Victims.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Accessed November 12, 2024.

Riefenstahl, Leni. “Triumph of the Will,” 1935. Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Recorded in person November 12, 2024.

Sources

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Hart, Bradley W. Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich Supporters in the United States (Thomas Dunne, 2017).

For Further Reference

Berenbau, Michael. The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Hansen-Glucklich, Jennifer. Holocaust Memory Reframed : Museums and the Challenges of Representation. Rutgers University Press, 2014.

Rees, Laurence. The Holocaust: A New History. Public Affairs, 2017.

Meet Our Guest

Dr. Bradley W. Hart is a World War II historian who works at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Hart is the author of Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States, as well as a number of other books and articles on a range of topics, including political extremism and intelligence history and espionage. Dr. Hart is currently studying disinformation and propaganda.