Holocaust Survivors
What do survival, silence, and sacrifice reveal about the holocaust?
4.4 (22)
40 mins
Explore the extraordinary courage of Holocaust rescuers who risked their lives to save others during one of history’s darkest times. Discover the complexity of memory, betrayal, and survival as survivors reflect on their past.
Ep 1:
Into the Heart of Darkness
Journey through Auschwitz's ruins to confront the Holocaust's staggering scale, the fragile nature of survivor memory, and the chilling betrayals that emerged among victims themselves.
Ep 2:
Hidden Truths and Unlikely Heroes
Buried Jewish identities resurface decades later while ordinary citizens across Europe risk everything—defying prejudice and Nazi terror—to shelter and save their Jewish neighbors.
Ep 3:
Sisters Bound by Auschwitz
Fifteen-year-old Alice risks everything at Auschwitz-Birkenau to keep her sister Edith alive, smuggling her past selections, disease, and death's constant gaze.
Ep 4:
Mengele's Shadow and the Long March
Two women face Josef Mengele's chilling gaze while another survivor endures brutal selections, forced labor, and a deadly winter death march toward Terezin.
Ep 5:
Voices That Refuse to Fade
Liberation brings guilt, disbelief, and a fragile duty to remember—raising urgent questions about how memory, history, and hope shape our future.
Discussions (8)
Rick
Level 6 · 7 mo agonah man it wasn’t apathy. the governments knew exactly what was happening and chose to look away.
Leroy
Level 5 · 7 mo agoPersonal animosity? No way dude. It was survival
Guy
Level 6 · 7 mo agoHöss claiming victims snitched is suspicious. He definitely just wanted to drag them down with him.
