The Human Condition

The Human Condition

Real stories, raw experiences — life at its most honest.

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July 27, 2025 19 mins

In this episode, we talk about the rise and fall of the SS—from the Einsatzgruppen executions in Babyn Yar to the industrialized killings at Auschwitz. We cover the roles of Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich in creating the Nazi system of genocide, the ideology that justified murdering Jewish children, the use of foreign recruits as expendable forces, and the transition from mass shootings to gas chambers. We explore how death...

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In this episode, we talk about the rise and evolution of the SS in Nazi Germany — from a personal bodyguard unit to a genocidal machine. We examine how Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels used propaganda, racial ideology, and social engineering to radicalize hundreds of thousands of men. We explore the SS’s role in the occupation of Poland, the invasion of France and the Soviet Union, the Kristallnacht pogrom, and t...

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