Darkness Falls

Podcast: World War II with Tom Hanks (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Darkness FallsPub date: 2026-06-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationUnder Adolf Hitler's leadership, anti-Semitic policies escalate from discrimination to widespread genocide. The state-sponsored persecution features mobile killing squads conducting mass shootings, and then purpose-built death camps, where millions of men, women and children are murdered by poison gas.This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):Waitman Wade Beorn, assistant professor, Northumbria UniversityJadwiga Biskupska, associate professor, Sam Houston State UniversityAlexandra Richie, professor, Collegium CivitasDaniel Greene, adjunct professor, Northwestern UniversityJames Bulgin, Imperial War MuseumRebecca Erbelding, historian and authorSimon Sebag Montefiore, historian and authorRobert Citino, senior historian, National WWII MuseumThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.