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Ep. 16- Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust with Jason Lantzer


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General Dwight Eisenhower’s visit to the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945 fundamentally changed his outlook on the war and on his enemy, the Nazis.  It also changed the way he carried out his duties later as US Military Governor in charge of both caring for former concentration prisoners as well as dealing with former Nazis, and, later, as President of the United States.

In this conversation with Jason Lantzer, we talk about all of this and more.

You can see some wartime footage of Eisnehower’s visit to Ohrdruf here courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

 

Jason Lantzer is an historian and also Assistant Director of the Honors Program at Butler University.

 

Lantzer, Jason. Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust: A History (2023)

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