Episodios

  • "On Auschwitz" (59): Block no. 10 in Auschwitz I
    May 12 2025

    Block 10 at the Auschwitz I camp was the so-called experimental block. SS doctors conducted medical experiments there, including those focused on sterilization. Why was this particular block chosen for such experiments, who were the doctors working there, and what happened to their victims? These questions are explored by Teresa Wontor-Cichy from the Research Center of the Museum.Voiceover: Therese McLaughlin ===== On-line lesson about medical crimes at Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_medycyna_en/

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    46 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (58): Day of a prisoner at Auschwitz
    Apr 15 2025

    The Auschwitz camp did not have a homogeneous character and was constantly changing during its operation. Dr Jacek Lachendro of the Auschwitz Museum Research Centre talks about what everyday life was like for Auschwitz prisoners, from the morning roll-call, through the hunger that accompanied them all the time, to working beyond their strength.

    Voiceover: Ian Manger, Tom Vamos

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    18 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (57): Conservation at the Auschwitz Museum
    Mar 25 2025

    The Auschwitz Memorial covers nearly 200 hectares of land and includes about 300 ruins and 155 buildings, but also a huge number of historical objects, primary traces of Victims of Auschwitz: shoes, suitcases, brushes, or kitchen utensils.

    Nel Jastrzębiowska and Andrzej Jastrzębiowski from the Conservation Laboratories of the Auschwitz Museum explain how these priceless items are preserved and talk about the philosophy of conservation of the Memorial today.

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    We wish to thank Kate Weinrieb, Greg Littlefield, and Mike Skagerlind, who recorded the voiceover for this podcast.


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    47 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (56): Holocaust denial - strategies of lies and distortion
    Feb 12 2025

    Holocaust denial is nothing more than a conspiracy theory built on lies and hatred. Although it resembles flat-Earth claims in its approach to facts, it is, in reality, a dangerous and vile vehicle for antisemitism and hatred. Deniers ignore or manipulate facts solely to attack the memory of the Victims.

    Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz and Dr. Igor Bartosik delve into the strategies employed by Holocaust deniers to spread misinformation and falsehoods about the history of Auschwitz.

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    We wish to thank Greg Littlefield, Mike Skagerlind, and Grey Stafford, who recorded the voiceover for this podcast.

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    58 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (55): The Evacuation and Liberation of Auschwitz in the Accounts of Witnesses
    Jan 26 2025

    Some 7,500 prisoners of the German Nazi camp Auschwitz, including over 500 children, were liberated on January 27, 1945 by Red Army soldiers.

    Listen about the last days of the camp's operation and the moment of liberation. The podcast includes testimonies of:

    Anna Tytoniak

    Kazimierz Smoleń

    Lea Shinar

    Irena Konieczna

    Józef Tabaczyński

    Wanda Błachowska-Tarasiewicz

    Louis Posner

    Jakub Wolman

    Zofia Jankowska-Palińska

    Anna Chomicz

    Zofia Lutomska-Kucharska

    Wanda Dramińska

    Edward Czempiel

    Jakub Gordon

    Andrzej Kozłowski

    Tadeusz Mleko

    Garnier (first name unknown)

    Alfred Fiderkiewicz

    Aleksander Vorontsov

    Wilhelm Wazdrąg

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    (English voiceovers: Mary Castillo, Toon Dreessen, Greg Littlefield, Ian Manger, Therese McLaughlin, Calum Melville, Mike Skagerlind, Grey Stafford, Michael Takiff, Tom Vamos, Kate Weinrieb, Sarah Weinstein Edwards).

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    37 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (54): Soviet prisoners of war at Auschwitz
    Jan 14 2025

    Soviet prisoners of war are the fourth largest group of victims of the German Auschwitz camp, after Jews, Poles and Roma. A total of 11,964 prisoners of war were registered at the camp. In addition, according to estimates, at least 3,000 Red Army soldiers were deported to the camp and murdered without being entered into the camp records.

    Dr. Jacek Lachendro of the Museum's Research Center talks about the history and fate of Soviet POWs at Auschwitz.

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    34 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (53): Registration documents of Auschwitz prisoners
    Dec 22 2024

    Upon admission to the camp, prisoners underwent a registration process, during which various documents related to the individual were filled out. Dr. Wojciech Płosa, head of the Auschwitz Museum Archives, talks about the details of this process.

    We wish to thank Toon Dressen for recording the English voiceover.

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    22 m
  • "On Auschwitz" (52): Doctor Josef Mengele and his experiments in the camp
    Nov 29 2024

    Josef Mengele was a doctor of medicine and philosophy, an assistant to Prof. Otmar von Verschuer in the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene in Frankfurt, member of the Nazi Party and the SS.

    In Auschwitz, he was the chief physician in the Roma and Sinti Family Camp in Birkenau, and from August to December 1944, he was also the chief physician of the entire Birkenau camp.

    Mengele was responsible for the experiments on human heredity. He was never punished for his crimes. Dr Agnieszka Kita from the Archives of the Muzeum talks about Josef Mengele.

    English voiceover: Therese McLaughlin

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    Online lesson on medicine in Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_medycyna_en/

    Listen to the podcast about medicine in Auschwitz: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2s2Jb91u55L6s80XUlq5JW?si=8kHYPgQXS1mIwabnrRaNqg

    The podcast on experiments: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Ij4icZ6kicc96gWL3f3y0?si=_VwpbejMRiOOhvmIxmBdUA


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    40 m
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