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The Nazi reign of power lasted 12 years. Each year: major turning points, small moments, and millions of stories. Many have gone untold. From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, this is 12 Years That Shook the World: Stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history.

Stories about neighbors, who betrayed. 


Miriam Kabacznik:  (Season 4 / Eishyshok)
In their heart they did not want us. 


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Friends who chose to help. 

Dr. Jake Newsome:  (Season 3 / Frieda Belinfante)
All of the members of the resistance were well-aware that they would be severely punished if they were caught. 


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The German democracy — that the Nazis dismantled.

Dr. Rebecca Dupas: (Season 2 / The White Rose)
German citizens are learning that they, too, are losing rights. 


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Perpetrators who signed up willingly. 


Dr. Lindsay MacNeill: (Season 3 / The Rioter)
What happens when the rioter becomes the police.


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The Nazis’ destruction of Jewish life and culture. 


Dr. J. Luke Ryder: (Season 4 / Eishyshok)
These are whole other dimensions of loss.


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Jewish resistance.

Leon Kahn: (Season 4 / Eishyshok)
I will survive you.

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And resilience. 


Dr. Edna Friedberg:  (Season 4 / Eishyshok)
Holding tight to who you were before, to an identity, and to a sense of humanity that you will not allow to be stripped from you.


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From the U SHolocaust Memorial Museum, this is 12 Years That Shook the World. Follow us now on your favorite podcast app.