296 - The Holocaust 1 of 2: Build Up and Atrocities

Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies established more than 44,000 concentration camps, sub-camps, and various incarceration sites. And they would use these camps, along with roving murder squads, to kill roughly six million European Jews. Why did they do it? And how did they carry out this horrible plan? These horrifying questions are answered in this week's episode.

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