Revisiting The Second World War · Episode 05 · 1:04:51

The Real Holocaust

with Christian Gerlach, Professor of Modern History, University of Bern

An Einsatzgruppe execution at the edge of a mass grave, Eastern Europe, c.1941–42
An Einsatzgruppe execution at the edge of a mass grave, Eastern Europe, c.1941–42
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The question

How are historians rethinking the Holocaust?

Professor Christian Gerlach, author of The Extermination of the European Jews, revises the dominant narrative of the Holocaust to explain a phenomenon far more complex and far-reaching than previously understood.

Key takeaways

  1. 01The dominant narrative of the Holocaust is being revised by new scholarship.
  2. 02The extermination of Europe’s Jews was more complex and far-reaching than once understood.
  3. 03Gerlach is the author of The Extermination of the European Jews.

From the transcript

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