EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman

[@Ahinahina]

Nobody is more beloved by his audience than Dan Carlin on KZbin. It’s wonderful to see everyone be so grateful for his work and it’s a measurement to the impact he has

[@tmaris]

It's amazing that in an era of toxicity all Dan gets is love from comments. Well deserved!

[@sunnycat69]

He uses literally one exhibition to paint the whole the german army as mass killers

[@diederikmajoor1019]

True, and now even the addenda last more than three hours🤗

[@havingfunisnthard]

Not after this podcast. He lost me as a fan.

[@kgreen8510]

He’s not beloved anymore… he is the one spreading hate this time

[@Legio__X]

Nothing and I mean NOTHING makes my day like opening KZbin and seeing a new Dan Carlin Hardcore History… thank you Dan 🙏🏻

[@samanthanelson5143]

Social rule number one: never respect a person that communicates in all caps as considerable. Especially, especially, if they're well past the voting age.

[@markb8468]

​@@samanthanelson5143 What about only a little caps? Hmmm 🤔

[@P4neK4ke]

@@samanthanelson5143 Social Rule # 1: Always respect other people, especially if there is a need to be tolerant. :-D “A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.” - Robert Heinlein (the genius).

[@sc6554]

@@samanthanelson5143Are you genuinely saying this person does not deserve respect because they used upper case lettering in one word over using lower case? I just want to be sure I understand your comment.

[@jakesabin9706]

On a subject that’s been beaten to death. Yes we all know about the Holocaust, it’s been propagandized to us since we were all in grade school. People are sick of the media repeating and repeating it while ignoring every other tragedy

[@BobBob-iv1le]

Every time dan drops an episode, I fall into a tailspin & have to re-absorb 3 or 4 other episodes. Can't help myself.

[@NickMonty]

Lmao right.. and you say three or four other episodes but they’re like at least three hours long so they’re not an easy task.

[@jestermoon]

Me too

[@liamgodlien3894]

I have listened to Supernova In The East at least 6 times now because I do the same 😅

[@jakesabin9706]

He’s not the best history podcast anymore. Check out Martyrmade, it’s even better

[@NickMonty]

@@liamgodlien3894 yeah I’m getting ready to listen again soon. Dans a great storyteller and is good and keeping you interested.

[@HerpeGonnorSyphilAids]

Dan should do a HH of the French revolution and napoleonic wars

[@Yh-kg8fr]

French revolution would be hardcore for sure 😂

[@johnnycomelately9400]

I don't believe Dan could get past "Thermidor" in less than 6 episodes, let alone Napoleon.

[@primafacie5029]

Ooooo... Great idea

[@primafacie5029]

​@@Ferngully123Too controversial... We already lost the Common Sense show

[@Laberlampe]

So the next 10 years are booked?

[@KL31NGR055]

I've been trying to finish listening to this episode and it's been really hard. Such stomach churning details, makes me nauseous to even try to grasp such horrible things. What a terrific job, Dan! Thank you

[@tifftiff826]

Came here to say the same.

[@minotaur2749]

As it should

[@BuddyMcNugget]

This almost feels like Common Sense episode. Very timely, as always. Thank you so much for this.

[@MK-573]

Two episodes and we are just in February! I always say this Dan you are a treasure to history enthusiast! Can’t wait to immerse

[@ericcloud1023]

amazing dive into the nuances of an extremely unsettling topic. You're podcast always clears my calendar for the day whenever i see an upload

[@johnred3238]

I already listened on spotify but wanted to add some engagement here. Dan you are a living legend and I cannot wait to listen to what you post. Dont listen to those who complain about length of episodes or time between releases. You make a great product as a result of your process. History will remember men like you

[@tundraboy6498]

I was just relistening Punic Wars part 1 & 2 today and now this dropped. Thank you!

[@jackof1]

Step 1: Click Dan Carlin video Step 2: Hit like Step 3: Listen intently

[@spambotfodder]

step 4: go to his site and purchase all the paywalled shows. (worth every penny)

[@Stonestone27]

Beautiful discussion about the effects of political extremism controlling the military/industrial complex; what brutality. Thank you for presenting everything the way you did

[@jakesabin9706]

Dan isn’t good at the 20th century. WW2 started because of democracy. The communists and the Nazis were both elected.

[@Ben-nh8dt]

The only podcast that I have notifications on for

[@Zwurbelbart]

this and "fall of civilizations"

[@cseymour88]

Dan you are hands down the most thought provoking History enthusiast out there. Thank you for working so hard to bring us such great and in depth content!

[@karpadnechmad]

It has been 7 years since i "met" dan. Re listening to episodes 3,4 times. Again and again. I fell in love with history thanxs to you. In my situation, history through Dan has made me a "martian" and gave me a perspective to my "political" self. This has been a new horizon, a new path to being a reflective human in his time. The latest events in my vicinity and family history and recent history and day by day history being written is a great challenge FOR MY HUMAN SELF. An Israeli, a jew, holocaust survivors descendant, a 3rd generation of an israeli citizen, some sort of (big word) zionist, a grand son of german and polish and russian and Belarusian jews, fleeing, a son of a 48, 67, 73, 82, of a left , peace-nic parents, a believer of humanity, and peace with my Palestinian neighbors. Its a day to day challenge. My father died 3 years ago. I miss him. I am glad he is not alive today, his heart would have broke, he fought the wars, and fought for peace, as did i. Since oct 7 the, crack of reality has widened. Listening to this gives me some space again, first time since... Pillar of perspective Sheding emotions. Therapeutic Thank you Dan

[@Mako2401]

You are a legend Dan, love you here in Eastern Europe in Macedonia. Keep these videos coming please, we need people like you these days.

[@etemytradel4509]

So did Dan pronounce Macedonian right?😅

[@Mako2401]

@@etemytradel4509 Yeah :)

[@Deridus]

Been wondering that, myself.

[@CoolAdam247]

Please Mr Carlin can you kindly cover The Crusades ? It is long overdue and would be your greatest work and most arduous endeavour without a doubt !

[@OYME13]

I would LOVE this!

[@zitools]

all of them are his greatest

[@alabamaoffshorefishing]

Great idea!

[@Humanaut.]

long overdue according to who?

[@JermaineLal]

Bro won’t even cover it do you think this cover anything? Like serious question can you actually tell me what this podcast covers?

[@markb8468]

This was masterfully done Mr Carlin. Thanks for the illuminating talk.

[@FatedTag]

Dan, your work is indispensable. I feel extremely privileged to have been born in the early seventies and having you now in this time as a source of understanding and piecing together the shattering of what I remember. I don’t mean to sound overly dour, but I meant to point out that everything I knew is disintegrating but you are a lighthouse and a source of hope that there are still bastions of sanity in the world. Thank you. 🙏

[@Faus4us_Official]

I was born in the 90s and I agree. My generation is the bridge between the old ways and the new. Gen X will be the guides, us Millennials will be the hands doing the heavy lifting. I can't speak for Gen Z or the Boomers. They're coming in and going out respectively.

[@FatedTag]

@@Faus4us_Official I’m so glad for your feedback and your vision. We all have our roles to play, but none of us can go forward without taking a good look at the past. Seems like so many people want to rewrite it these days and act like the things we know to have occurred never existed.

[@Faus4us_Official]

@@FatedTag Agreed. We must never forget but, we should always be working towards a better future for ourselves and our descendants. We've got a lot of work to do brother.

[@FatedTag]

@@Faus4us_Official 💯%

[@jasonreynolds183]

The audacity of KZbin to add “context” to a Dan Carlin video is astounding.

[@0sm1um76]

Hey more info never hurt anyone. I'd rather Dan get one of those than the actual neo nazi propaganda NOT get one.

[@jakesabin9706]

Dans WW2 stuff isn’t great. He thinks it’s a marvel movie with good guys and bad guys. He should stick to ancient history

[@mikek9297]

@@jakesabin9706 It is tho. There are definitely bad guys in WW2

[@Russell2412]

​@@jakesabin9706but it is great. Who else gives you as many quotes that give you an insight into the lives of these german soldiers during one of the darkest periods in history

[@btsnake]

​@@jakesabin9706 you must comment stuff like this a lot

[@theozarktrekker]

“The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.”

[@DMU386]

You forgot 2 words at the end of the statement

[@theozarktrekker]

@@DMU386 Nope, did not forget, but did omit because other people besides Stalin have made a similar statement, although he gets the must pub, ergo the “”.

[@Deridus]

​@@theozarktrekkerSolid point. I've heard more pithy, or elavorate versions of that line. Besides, it's not like it was originally said in English.

[@matthewhainer189]

Everyone attributes this quote to Stalin, but Stalin never said this. A fictional novel published in the Third Reich has Stalin saying this.

[@mrb4852]

@@matthewhainer189you have no idea what you’re talking about. This quote,but slightly different,is attributed directly to Stalin in the Washington Post on January 20, 1947.

[@servilius5237]

Thank you, Dan. Excellent work as always.

[@TheRumbles13]

Dan you're the best! Much love from a long time fan in Canada! Ive bought all your content, and I'm cheap and never buy anything. Dont ever stop!

[@kia386]

i am commenting so that the algorithm pushes dan carlin’s stuff more

[@robertedwards9861]

thank god! lol

[@minotaur2749]

Let's hope

[@American-Afgani-lemons]

Dan you are one of the most gifted story tellers on the internet. Voices like yours can save countless lives by opening up the minds. I ask you this. When its all said and done, How will the world remember Gaza ? The death and destructions by pressing a button by those who once were themselves victims of Genocide. Do you have the courage to tell the whole truth about Gaza?

[@pyatig]

You don’t need to be courageous to condemn terrorism

[@CathieHill]

I completely agree. It seems insensitive at this point in time where so much unimaginable suffering and grief is being inflicted by the “victim” to talk about one and not the other.

[@SpoOoOoOoOoOod]

He never said Israel was the victim jn the current gaza war, he said that because they have been the victim of so much aggression in the past it's driving their government in a more extreme direction.

[@tylerjerabek5204]

I doubt that anyone knows the whole truth- yet

[@jefflebowski3784]

The stories of the 23 year old woman and the father who strangled his son really hit me hard. Another great episode Dan, as always. Thank you

[@matthewnotonline3366]

i didnt even know i liked history untill i found youre work Dan, thank you.

[@samuelquintanilla6338]

This was so needed at this time, thank you Dan.

[@Dude902]

I listened to the first half during my opening truck shift at work and then I had to save the interview segment for later. Thanks DC your work on HH is important.

[@milenkocovic]

Just knowing that you can access Dan Carlin material brings a great sense of satisfaction. It's a great zone to be in.

[@cowboyhank456]

Any chance you could cover the Spanish Conquistadors? I would love to get more into the mindset of those people discovering such an alien world

[@noleftturnunstoned]

Fall of Civilizations did a pretty good podcast on the subject

[@yaredmussie4086]

FoC has no episode on Spanish Conquistadors...probably because they were not a civilization.

[@CoolAdam247]

​@@yaredmussie4086The Aztecs ya goofball.

[@noleftturnunstoned]

@@CoolAdam247 Right? thanks!

[@venicec3310]

That would be great dan could really paint a picture

[@imbored742]

The whole discussion on "where the Nazis right wing" really just serves to demonstrate how a one-dimensional political spectrum is entirely inadequate as a model for political thought. Maybe the seating arrangements in the 18th century French National Assembly aren't really a solid basis for a categorization scheme covering the immense diversity of political philosophies?

[@TheRumbles13]

Very well said.

[@lazul6611]

The Nazis were more to the right of the communists but were very much socialists and to the left. All the founders of fascism and Nazism were Marxists. Mussolini was a member of the Italian communist party and the editor of the Italian communist newspaper. Lenin even adopted more fascist private sector (the “third way”) after their policies were causing starvation in the early 20’s.

[@maxheber3506]

@@lazul6611I think you should listen to the whole episode. Because you are missing the point he is making. Yes there were socialist in the early days of the national socialist party, but the got removed pretty fast. The last national socialist who had any actual influence got arrested or killed in 1934. If you look at the economic policies of the NSDAP, you will also notice that the did. not seize the means of production. They actually received the support of the bourgeoise, which is usually a strong sign that someone is not a socialist. If you look at the company they kept, you will notice that they formed a coalition with the conservative party to get into power, not with any left wing party’s. Also communists, socialists and social democrats were the first ones to be imprisoned, even bevor the jews.

[@fguocokgyloeu4817]

Right wing and left wing are shorthand like all other categorization for anything more complicated than molecules. You can break it down issue by issue, in gradiations of intensity and priority, until you eventually reach a party of one member.

[@AS-gz8oe]

Accurate!

[@PixelatedSpirit]

Thank you for the work you put in Dan! This was a heavy episode but very interesting. I'd love to hear you do an episode of the Thirty years War some day, i find it to be a very interesting time in European history.

[@ericthornberg9377]

Thank you for your work to compile and deliver such quality content. I cherish HH

[@bradbradspringate7609]

Dan this is such a good episode how you tell all the dark pieces and yet keep it humane is such a skill you are and always will be the GOAT of podcasts no one has anything on you

[@user-hi3rs9hz9q]

This brings me back to the opening monologue of my hands down favorite episode. Wrath of the Khans. Thanks Dan

[@TerminalConstipation]

i disagree with the idea that the United States doesn't want to face up to its dark past. Quite conversely, I would say that we are much more willing to engage in a conversation about our complicated past than any other nation on Earth. We welcome it, because we believe in the healing power of discussion. Indeed, an honest and direct discourse about these sorts of things are exactly what differentiates us from most of the rest of the world.

[@davidwatermeyer5421]

So you have no issue with the United States supporting the current genocide in Gaza? Doesn't seem consisten with a nation wanting to face up to it's dark past!! I notice there are NO comments, zilch, about the geocide currently going on right now. The International Court of Justice, presided over by an American, assessed that to be a plausible genocide. One can be certain they didn't go the full hog and call it outright genocide for political reasons. For heaven's sake the holocaust was a horrific event and for that reason, as we should, we have endlessly been taught about it. But is absolutely doesn't justify the vile and racist treatment of Palestinians at the hands of Zionism.

[@never_give_up944]

Does the US welcome any conversation on it's double standards with regards to Israel? *Crickets*

[@TerminalConstipation]

@@never_give_up944 Be specific.

[@ongobongo8333]

​@@TerminalConstipationhe was specific. Israel is a foreign nation that spends massive amounts of money to bribe and control our leaders. Why would any nation allow this.

[@ferbogadoaSalirAJugar]

invaluable lessson of history. I spend the 3 hours listening with attention. Thank you

[@jess_o]

Thank you Dan for all you do

[@stevewalker3841]

Wow, very insightful. Tough topic handled very well with just the right amount of emotional detail

[@chrishostetler3576]

High five if your still stuck in the prelude to Dan's content 😅

[@secretsoundband]

Thank you for doing this Dan. The beauty of it is the wide range of takeaways people might have from a show like this. I think the real relevancy is to our own state of affairs in the US and where ultra right-wing policies may take us. I live in New Jersey close to one of the largest populations of Orthodox Jews outside Israel and the local politics and conversations can be very anti-Semitic and disturbing. The insular nature of the community and their drive to repopulate after a crime like the Holocaust can make things challenging. I am also hoping that people are intelligent enough to enjoy this while also opposing inhumanities on the part of the Netanyahu government in Israel.

[@3daysiegeticks]

Just in time for the ICJ's trial against genocide

[@darianbrowning1608]

German soldiers were certainly "allowed" to refuse to commit murder. It happened frequently and without punishment.

[@tylerjerabek5204]

But it very much depended on the officers

[@darianbrowning1608]

@tylerjerabek5204 Except it was an order from Hitler himself that no one was to be punished for refusing. There isn't a single example of a German soldier being punished for refusing to kill civilians.

[@tylerjerabek5204]

@@darianbrowning1608oh yes there is

[@darianbrowning1608]

@@tylerjerabek5204 Source?

[@dustinwilliams489]

Thank you Dan, you’re appreciated.

[@shanosantwanos3908]

This and Mark Feltons full length epics of recent tube feed perusing has made me all for one and one for Darth maul

[@Akimikinaak]

We here learn from history . Unfortunately it seems the people in power have not.

[@workhorse7134]

Looks like our leaders are very much learning from history as they look to slowly but surely put their boots on our necks knowing we can't fight back while they clamp down on "disinformation" all across Western democracies. All opposing opinions are now immediately branded far right, extremist, racist and so on.

[@P4neK4ke]

The scary thing is that THAT seems to be exactly what ppl in power are doing.

[@Bambino_3]

I love your content Sir. Thank you for your fantastic work.

[@slugnine]

For a guy baffled by failures to get friends and family to get into HH, it’s nice to find other big fans. I love how DC ties this episode to (1) the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and (2) lightly/deftly (“vermin” and “deplorables”), current American politics. If tackling extremism in (1) appears intractable, for (2), maybe not. Support ranked-choice voting and open primaries; challenge gerrymandering; etc.

[@masondavirro808]

Thank Mr Carlin for your fantastic service to the world with your profound manner of sharing this historical knowledge

[@jimjam7830]

Dan Carlin content is like a fine wine. Takes forever to mature but when it's ready, you pop it open on a special occasion and savor that deliciousness.

[@ewade244]

To add to the symbolism, Dan requires a bit of historical maturity before it can be fully appreciated. As a frat boy mostly enjoys wine for the buzz

[@jimjam7830]

@@ewade244 That's a good point and all too true. The frat boys of history fandom can have their hyperactive soundbite content. They'll come to appreciate the good stuff later on.

[@BulldozerBilly]

Just as I decided to restart his WW1 series and then this comes out. Looks like it's gonna be a Dan Carlin month!

[@willbeard4835]

This is a perfect middle episode for blueprint and ghosts of the ostfront

[@gadsby]

I just got done re-listening to Blueprint for probably the 20th time. Im a WW1 nut and that series is a god like masterpiece.

[@Netotrefirefem]

Thank you Dan! Can’t wait to listen. How has it gone 4 days before I noticed this?

[@DollarGeneral_Is_a_Plague]

Painfotainment is probably my favorite video on YT. So this is exciting.

[@twonumber22]

you're not wrong but don't make any decision until you've seen _Gigapixels of Andromeda_ 8K 60fps

[@Ferngully123]

that's my all time favourite too!!! Then, The Destroyer of Worlds

[@nicholaswhite3434]

Thank you so much for all the hard work you put in to deliver these masterpieces to us time and time again

[@MattttG3]

*I want to thank my bro, Shane Gillis* for introducing me to the genius of Mr. Carlin back in 2018-2019. Been here since then. God bless any of you here with me.

[@yodangurung6825]

Very timely thank you dan

[@kim-jong-poon]

Hardcore history and Martyr made are the only podcasts where i drop everything and immediately start listening to as soon as a new episode drops.

[@johnbrion4565]

What is martyr?

[@kim-jong-poon]

@@johnbrion4565 Martyr made is a history podcast. I highly recommend it.

[@fairlanemuscle]

Martyrmade - ​@@johnbrion4565

[@manwiththeredface7821]

​@@johnbrion4565The Martyrmade Podcast by Darryl Cooper

[@manwiththeredface7821]

​@@johnbrion4565Martyrmade Podcast

[@daan967]

Thanks so much again Dan!

[@Bushpig22]

Captivating from the start. Vintage Carlin darkness.

[@orloca09]

Thanks Dan and the team! 👍

[@gordondruce2081]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Dan not only knows history but he can also tell the tell !!!

[@jamesstewart8258]

The book "Ordinary Men" is a crucial recount of how average healthy-minded police officers were transitioned into murder machines.

[@williamjordan9237]

Thanks for the uploads!

[@aristotlehristodoulou1253]

Why isn’t this on Spotify? “Watching” this video uses so much more battery. Great to see an upload tho!

[@blogbalkanstories4805]

One thing that should have been highlighted a bit more is the unique role Croatia played in the Holocaust. They were the only faction to run their own extermination camp system other than the Nazis and who actively pursued a policy of genocide other than the Nazis. While Hungarians, Romanians and Bulgarians were complicit to varying degrees ar varying times (the vast majority of Hungarian Jews was killed in 1944 after a Nazi supported coup d'etat after which the new Hungarian regime cooperated enthusiastically, for instance, the Bulgarians willingly handed over the Jews from their newly acquired territories in Southern Serbia/today's Northern Macedonia and refused to give up the Jews from Bulgaria proper), the Croatian fascists went above and beyond all the time, even though they hadn't been an antisemitic movement throughout the 1930's. There are different explanations for this sudden turn. What may have played a role is that running their own Holocaust program made the Nazis take a more lenient look on the genocide against the Serbs - which the Nazis didn't very much like because it was the main factor behind the mass uprising against the fascist occupation in Yugoslavia, namely in Bosnia and Croatia. Large parts of Croatian society still have a hard time coming to terms with the genocide(s) committed in its name. See here for a very recent example: balkanstories.net/2023/06/25/the-lesser-sin/ What's certainly true is that the memory of this genocide triggered a brutal reaction later on. You can not understand the ethnic cleansing, culminating in the genocide of Srebrenica, during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia without understanding what happened there in WW II. Indeed, even the refusal of large parts of Serb minorities in Croatia and later Bosnia to accept the independence of these news countries, and their attempts to break away from these new countries remains confusing to anyone who doesn't know that Croat fascists slaughtered anywhere between 3- and 600.000 Serbs. (Yad Vashem estimates the total number of victims of the genocides in former YU to be around, and probably above, 500.000 people.)

[@GuerillaWelder]

I was cleaning my home, just breathing in all of this information. not really allowing my heart to feel these things as I've studied so much I thought myself to be hardened against emotional reactions to it. 1:37:40 caused me to double over and burst into tears. it made me want to open My skin and pour my German blood out. thank you, Dan. this is an incredibly important thing you're doing

[@CL-kn1rq]

I was born in a communist country, i do not believe in painting an entire nation or an entire generation with the same brush. I never voted for any government, one is imposed on me because i live here and am too poor to leave and live where i want. If i want to make things bad for myself and my family all i have to do is utter right wing statements or comments. Its better to shut up if you're not communist and dont draw attention to yourself. Good people will do ugly things if there are no consequences, i see it everyday. I thought it was the USA who first used concentration camps in the civil war, which the British observed and put to use in wars within the British Empire, concentration camps were certainly used in WW1 but i dont think for civilians. They were used for civilians in the Anglo-Boer war, first time they became extinction camps was WW2. Dont all come at me. But i cant treat all germans in the 1930's as if they all agreed and colluded with nazis, i bet many of them shut up and kept their heads down. Plus there were people actively helping Jewish people get out.

[@tylerjerabek5204]

There’s a big difference between a detention camp which “concentrates “ a group of people together and a concentration death camp I’m not aware of any organized, systematic death camps prior to the Nazis

[@wildwallsart5622]

I listen on the podcast app and here to make sure it’s getting the most traffic I can.

[@yotimbo2751]

I wonder if this knowledgeable comment section can help me find a documentary I watched 20 years ago about the holocaust. The discussion here of the culpability of collaborators in the horrors reminded me of it. It was very long, I believe it aired on UK TV in 2 parts in the mid 2000s, and featured many interviews with survivors of the war in their own languages. Not soldiers or guards, just ordinary people who lived in Nazi occupied Europe. I was a teenager when I watched it and it really hammered home the point that antisemitism was rife before, during and after the war all over the continent. I had only learned about the holocaust in school up to this point, so this was a stark realisation for me. I don't know if it was the documentarian's main thrust, but I had never really thought about how this must have been true before and it has stayed with me ever since. I have tried to find it again to rewatch it since, but as there is so much material about the holocaust I have never managed to do so. Any suggestions anyone has as to what it is that I watched would be greatly appreciated.

[@prose8297]

I looked a little online to see if I could find it, but the closest thing I came up with is a 2013 5 part documentary called The Story of the Jews by Simon Schama. Looks like it first aired in the UK. There are also tons of long, in depth accounts of Holocaust survivors here on KZbin too, it's the Shoah Foundation. There are several of liberators accounts too.

[@shadowcat314]

This probably isn't the documentary you're thinking of, but it's 6 hours long and is from a perspective you don't generally hear from. Look up TGSŇT

[@danielryan9076]

There's a list of you Google Holocaust documentaries .

[@ermining1]

Following in case there is an answer

[@contrarianbarbarian4232]

Look up and see if it’s “Shoah”? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_(film)

[@stiofanlful]

Awesome … as usual… thx Dan

[@steveswafen2528]

Dan Carlin content about any topic/subject is a highlight of my day, week or month. Thankyou Dan, your a historical educational behemoth.

[@pattymo91]

Thanks Dan, I enjoyed this one, please keep it up.

[@Christiaanwebb]

Thank you, Dan. This is the kind of history the world needs to hear about right now.

[@DustpanJoe]

I love you Dan! Thanks for all you do.

[@vercingetorix444]

I cannot be the only one who's beginning to feel like this topic is oversaturated relative to other major genocides throughout history.

[@chrisdaniels6899]

You're right there's plenty of arseholes out there you're not alone.

[@jefflebowski3784]

This one is the most documented, by the Nazis themselves

[@Blocked1212]

Might have something to do with the fact that it basically happened yesterday in the grand context of all of history. And was a massive, potentially the largest genocide ever and documented extensively by the perpetrators. And because the problem of jew hatred has always been rampant and will continue being a massive blight on humanity.

[@bradyoung1714]

I suprisingly had a 3hr a week class in college just on the holocaust and it was really depressing/enlightening. Our Professor went over mainly psychological issues. How could a person be jewish and basically help the Nazis in the camps? How could a human being do any of this to one another? Could that be you if you were in that situation? What kind of conditioning does it take to persuade people to a cause? Crazy stuff man

[@swrpggm]

Always a pleasant surprise to see a Hard Core History drop, but this topic is dark, so it's not so pleasant, but welcome.

[@YoJesusMorales]

Really hits hard, the accounts. Love the show. I see some pretty good recommendations in the comments.

[@SecretMarsupial]

Can we get a HH about the Sengoku Jidai? Exploring that period with the depth and vigor typical of Dans work would be a treat. Perhaps a short series around the events of the 3 great unifiers? Or maybe focus on the the Shogunates and combat.

[@H-Town_83]

I wish Dan would upload some of his American history. I know we can buy it, but having it here would be amazing.

[@douglasking6160]

Dan carlin i love you and george,thanks for your work. I am 76 and i know quality when i see it.

[@Carhill]

I know what I'm going to be listening to this evening! The topic of this episode has been something you've wanted to cover for so long; keen to hear it!

[@American-Afgani-lemons]

Dan, open up about whats going on in Gaza. How will history remember this ?

[@ddddd9665]

What’s going on is Gaza? Pest control.

[@Mike-zu1md]

Wonderful accumulation of knowledge, as always

[@jakesabin9706]

I wonder how much Dan got paid by Zionists to hammer on a topic that’s been done to death.

[@TheExodusLost]

Please cover the current middle eastern events. Doesn’t have to be political. Historical lenses only

[@btsnake]

I'm soooo glad youtube decided to give me context on this

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

Everyone is born innocent. Believing different is monstrous. What a horrible atrocity that has left an extremely onus

[@mikem4314]

thanks for another great piece, Dan. youre the best. I wonder - have you seen the film The Zone of Interest yet? think you would get so much out of it. cheers.

[@robertedwards9861]

yep, this is my alias profile, great film

[@dongusto713]

Dan Carlin in full form. Powerful stuff

[@ozmcleathersptyltd9251]

Thanks Dan, this was very informative 😊

[@OtakuTiki]

I'm sorry Dan. This is worse than painfortainment. Maybe it's because it's more modern... But this was easily far more difficult to sit through with the same macabre curiosity you often bring with your show. This had a deep pit in my stomach and I was already fairly aware of many of these details. Your grave delivery, and immense detail just hits too hard. I mean this as a compliment too for what it's worth. Its hard for me not to see the similarities we in America are turning a blind eye to today.

[@Deridus]

I served in Iraq, made friends with several Iraqis, grew to love their culture, and Iraq in general. In fact, I wish to return so I might climb the Ziggurat. To know that at least one of the Iraqis I knew was herded to the river and disposed of in virtually the same manner as the people covered in this rendition saddens me, but does not surprise me. I personally do not understand why people do not fight back. I know it has been covered by sociologists and all that jazz but it is something I just cannot personally understand. I've been in one too many life or death situations, armed and unarmed, to not have a well honed survival instinct. Maybe that's why I don't understand why people are sudxenly tranformed into sheep. I will admit it makes it very hard for me to care when they allow themselves to be sheared. If even one person had managed to snag a submachine gun from one of those guards... Alas, I just do not understand.

[@OtakuTiki]

@@Deridus given you were a trooper, I can't imagine the process is all that different from soldier training where they break you down and mold you. Also the ones that taught back were killed pretty quickly anyways.

[@Deridus]

@@OtakuTiki Thing is, I grew up in a moderately rough neighborhood. Speaking strictly for myself, Basic Training was like being an armed and armored boyscout. If anything, I wanted the training to be *harder.* Hell, I had to withdraw my name from SERE training because my wife didn't want me to get hurt. Maybe there's something wrong with me, or maybe I am just outside the norm. Who can say?

[@Joker-no1uh]

You should go over there and help. You don't need a country. Most people seem fine with sending others, but not themselves.

[@dollylove3430]

Thank you💕

[@Jinkaza1882]

The dislike of the changes on how we view the Left/Right distinctions is my only contention. Fantastic vid. Thanks Dan.

[@willkiecana3413]

After listening to this, one image stuck with me. The Jew that described the 8 meter burning pit where they threw live children into by the train load. Imagine walking upon that scene. Grown men tossing toddler after toddler into a burning inferno. The noise must have been horrific and I doubt they went to their death stoically like the Jews lining up to be shot. The quote also mentioned that this pit burned for a full day and night. I believe the burning of children in pits may have been a common way of killing as well, because there is another memoir from I believe a Hungarian or Romanian Jew who talks about arriving at Auschwitz, and watching a truck load of babies being dumped into a burning ditch. I’m not even religious but I really don’t know how someone could kill on that scale without something extremely dark influencing you. I guess the ideology of Nazism was that dark influence but I can’t imagine political beliefs so extreme that you find yourself burning thousand of children alive in a single night and day. Those men had to look at every one of those children before inflicting a painful end on them. It really should scare all of us of what we are capable of. I don’t believe for one second that the society we live in today is above such behavior. My grandfather was a polish child who was interned at the age of 5 or 6 at Auschwitz or possibly birkenau since his family were slave laborers. The two camps are basically across the street from one another. My great grandfather operated some of the trains in the area while his family tried their best to survive the camp. My grandfather who I love very much was the same age as those kids being burned alive in that pit. He could’ve easily ended up as another statistic to be lumped in with the holocaust. He even arrived at the death camp during the worst year (1944). I wish he could have told me more about his experiences while he could still articulate better but he has definitely bestowed some wisdom into me regarding people and how dark and twisted they can become. It is astonishing and frightening that someone I know and love probably watched the murder of hundreds of children first hand in the same way. I want more information from him before he passes but I know recounting those memories is painful to him because he’s told me so.

[@redplanet1969]

and when the prisoners become the jailers?

[@dylanpilcheruniverse6515]

Amazing work

[@thedrinkkupz]

A fantastic introductory episode on the holocaust or for hardcore newbies to dip their toes in for the first time. On to the content itself, it is truly horrifying. I still remember reading the accounts of mauthausen concentration camp in highschool and i remember just laying there stunned at how inhuman and depraved people can be. It unsettled me for months, and has stayed with me ever since. I think its safe to say ww2 might be one of the most studied 9 year period in human history and for good reason.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Getting a notificarion of a new upload from Dan is always a great moment.

[@OzyMandias13]

Why do so few people doing book tours, or speaking tours seem to value anything east of the Mississippi and south of the Mason Dixon? Given, and instances only a handful of places, but it seems to be the case in situations where there are far more stops, even in “flyover states”.

[@liamhughes1532]

@OzyMandias13 economics, folk go where its most profitable to be, same as any other travelling worker, that includes time spent. Perhaps a better question to ask is why people in those area's don't "seem to value" authors work by buying it in quantities that would encourage artists to visit? I'm going to guess lower average incomes and lower population density, that's almost always the reasons.