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History That Doesn't Suck

203: The Holocaust: Killing Squads, Ghettos, & Gas Chambers

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

History, Education

4.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

“The procedure is a pretty barbaric one and not to be described here more definitively. Not much will remain of the Jews.” —Joseph Goebbels

This is the story of how the Holocaust becomes industrialized. 

In January 1942, Nazi leaders discuss what will become the “Final Solution”: their plan to murder millions. As more and more Jews are stripped of everything and forced into ghettos, and terrified parents bid a tearful (and often final) farewell to their children, German leaders decide how to deal with the fact that the new territory they’ve acquired is full of Jews and other “undesirables.”

As the Nazis march through Europe, they’ll “evacuate” the continent’s Jews sending them to overcrowded disease-ridden ghettos, then to concentration camps. Initially, mobile killing units, or Einsatzgruppen, simply shoot Jews where they stand. This practice will give way to extermination camps, as one camp in particular—Auschwitz—is figuring out how to use gas to kill on a truly industrial level. 

After years of building, the Holocaust is in full swing.

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Lloyd Lockridge, and I'm the host of a new podcast from Odyssey called Family Lour.

0:05.9

In this podcast, I'm going to have people on to tell unusual and sometimes far-fetched stories about their families.

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0:14.5

And then we're going to investigate those stories and find out how much of it is true.

0:18.5

He gets a patent one month before the Wright brothers.

0:21.1

Oh my God.

0:22.1

Please follow and listen to Family Lore, an Odyssey podcast, available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your shows.

0:30.5

My friends, it's Professor Greg Jackson, and I'm pleased to announce more live tour dates this spring in celebration of my new book publishing in June.

0:38.5

The book is called Been There, Done That, How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome.

0:43.3

So, in addition to previously announced tour stops, we're now also coming to San Francisco,

0:48.2

Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., New York, and Boston.

0:52.5

You'll get to see me storytelling live with music and video,

0:55.6

and I'll sign books at those June shows.

0:58.4

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1:00.2

you can join our VIP book launch Caribbean Cruise in May.

1:03.7

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1:06.3

or maybe at sea, to celebrate the launch of my book.

1:09.1

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1:26.3

It's nearly 12 noon on a cold winter's morning, January 20th, 1942.

1:33.6

We're in a western suburb of Berlin, Germany, standing before a stunning three-story meoclassical mansion known as the House of Vanzi.

1:37.7

We're going to head inside in just a moment.

1:40.2

But before we do, let me explain that we're here to witness a meeting unlike any other

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