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Peter reads a memory of the time Nazi slave-driver and rocket engineer Wernher von Braun came over for tea, set to a song Ken Burns once used to make people feel cozy amid horror in history. And we chat: about America's decision to forget von Braun's war crimes; the modern legacy of "just following orders"; and Peter's fascination with the monsters who destroyed his parents' world. This podcast is a light unto the nations.
By Dana Vachon and Peter Foges5
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Peter reads a memory of the time Nazi slave-driver and rocket engineer Wernher von Braun came over for tea, set to a song Ken Burns once used to make people feel cozy amid horror in history. And we chat: about America's decision to forget von Braun's war crimes; the modern legacy of "just following orders"; and Peter's fascination with the monsters who destroyed his parents' world. This podcast is a light unto the nations.