Death In The Mountains: Warning From History

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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History, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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What happened after the war to the communities around Monte Sole? Why did SS troops execute civilians, including women and children? How did survivors try to move on with their lives? Join James Holland and Al Murray for part 3 as they explore the story of the largest mass killing of civilians in Western Europe outside of the camps, and try to understand why the tragedy is so poorly known. *This episode contains content that may upset some listeners.* Start your free trial at ⁠patreon.com/wehaveways⁠ and unlock exclusive content and more. Enjoy livestreams, early access to podcast episodes, ad-free listening, bonus episodes, and a weekly newsletter packed with book deals and behind-the-scenes insights. Members also get priority access and discounts to live events. A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehaveways@goalhanger.com Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.3	may find distressing.
1:10.5	Akhtung,. Actung,
1:10.9	welcome to We Have Ways to Make You Talk with me, Al Murray and James Holland, at your Second World War podcast and YouTube video of choice, as we've discovered that since we've started putting stuff up on YouTube, you're watching it. So thank you very much, everybody. Yeah, yeah, amazing. I mean, you know, I thought I'll scrub my shelves a bit.
1:32.9	I'd rather feel now that we're on video, the recording in your underpants,
1:33.6	remember not to pick my nose.
1:36.2	Recording in your underpants is a thing of the past, isn't it?
1:41.5	Yeah, it certainly is.
1:47.0	What we thought we'd do today, though, is kind of wash up from our last two episodes that Death in the Mountains about the absolutely staggering story of what happened at
1:53.4	Montessoli.
1:54.2	And I, Jim, when we got to the end of the episode, when we actually got to the, you know,
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