Simon Schama on the Holocaust

History Extra podcast

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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Sir Simon Schama is one of the world's leading historians, a bestselling author and a renowned documentary maker. In his latest documentary film, The Road to Auschwitz, he tells the story of the Holocaust, arguing that it was a crime of complicity across Europe. In this episode, Simon explains to David Musgrove what it was like to visit the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time, and how deep-rooted prejudice was weaponised to turn people against their Jewish neighbours before the Nazis put their genocidal plans in place. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.8	Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.
1:09.9	Sir Simon Sharma is one of the world's leading historians,
1:13.5	a best-selling author and a renowned documentary maker.
1:16.8	His latest film, The Road to Auschwitz,
1:19.6	airs on BBC 2 and IPlayer at 9pm today.
1:23.2	And in it, he tells the story of the Holocaust,
1:26.8	arguing that it was a crime of complicity across Europe.
1:30.8	In today's episode, Simon sits down with David Musgrove
1:34.2	to speak more about some lesser-known aspects of the Holocaust.
1:38.1	One of the things that is immediately apparent in the film you've made
1:41.8	is that you have never visited Auschwitz.
1:44.5	Right.
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