War Against Humanity

Season 1, Episode 2: System of a Nazi Terror - April 1940

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In April 1940 in Poland, if you are on the list of Nazi or Soviet non-desirables, there are three options: run for your life, be shipped off to a camp, or face the execution squad... if you happen to be Jewish it's likely to be the fourth option: the Ghetto.

All Episodes - Season 1

Outbreak of the War Against Humanity - 5 March 1940
Episode 1
Outbreak of the War Against Humanity - 5 March 1940
 System of a Nazi Terror - April 1940
Episode 2
System of a Nazi Terror - April 1940
 The Strategy of Terror Bombing - May 1940
Episode 3
The Strategy of Terror Bombing - May 1940
 The European Migration Crisis - June 1940
Episode 4
The European Migration Crisis - June 1940
 The British Blitz Spirit is a Myth
Episode 5
The British Blitz Spirit is a Myth
 The Few Who Opposed Hitler - German Resistance in 1940
Episode 6
The Few Who Opposed Hitler - German Resistance in 1940
 Vive la Résistance! well, not really... - French Resistance 1940
Episode 7
Vive la Résistance! well, not really... - French Resistance 1940
 Royal Resistance in Benelux and Scandinavia 1940
Episode 8
Royal Resistance in Benelux and Scandinavia 1940
 Resistance in China - Myth or Reality?
Episode 9
Resistance in China - Myth or Reality?
 Poland Will Not Bow to Nazis & Stalinists
Episode 10
Poland Will Not Bow to Nazis & Stalinists
 Sending the Jews to Madagascar? - July 1940 - April 1941
Episode 11
Sending the Jews to Madagascar? - July 1940 - April 1941
 The Wehrmacht's License to Kill the Innocent - May 1941
Episode 12
The Wehrmacht's License to Kill the Innocent - May 1941
 The Holocaust Begins in Lithuania - June 1941
Episode 13
The Holocaust Begins in Lithuania - June 1941
 Barbarossa, Hitler's and Stalin's Hell on Earth - July 1941, Pt. 1
Episode 14
Barbarossa, Hitler's and Stalin's Hell on Earth - July 1941, Pt. 1
 Generalplan Ost, the Nazi plan to kill the Slavs - July 1941, Pt. 2
Episode 15
Generalplan Ost, the Nazi plan to kill the Slavs - July 1941, Pt. 2
 Extermination Now! - August 1941, Pt. 1
Episode 16
Extermination Now! - August 1941, Pt. 1
 The SS and Wehrmacht Murder Inc. - August 1941, Pt. 2
Episode 17
The SS and Wehrmacht Murder Inc. - August 1941, Pt. 2
 Resistance is Futile in Nazi Europe - September 1941, Pt. 1
Episode 18
Resistance is Futile in Nazi Europe - September 1941, Pt. 1
 The Rape of Humanity at Babi Yar - September 1941, Pt. 2
Episode 19
The Rape of Humanity at Babi Yar - September 1941, Pt. 2
 The Wehrmacht is Not Clean! - October 1941, Pt. 1
Episode 20
The Wehrmacht is Not Clean! - October 1941, Pt. 1
 The Banality of Death - October 1941, Pt. 2
Episode 21
The Banality of Death - October 1941, Pt. 2
 How To Kill 15,000 People in One Day - November 1941, Pt. 1
Episode 22
How To Kill 15,000 People in One Day - November 1941, Pt. 1
 Japanese Plague Bombs - November 1941, Pt. 2
Episode 23
Japanese Plague Bombs - November 1941, Pt. 2
 Pearl Harbor and the Global War Against Humanity - December 1941, Pt. 1
Episode 24
Pearl Harbor and the Global War Against Humanity - December 1941, Pt. 1
 Christmas with Adolf Hitler - December 1941, Pt. 2
Episode 25
Christmas with Adolf Hitler - December 1941, Pt. 2
 Germany Bankrupts Greece - Countless Die in Famine - January 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 26
Germany Bankrupts Greece - Countless Die in Famine - January 1942, Pt. 1
 Did 90 Minutes Decide the Fate of the Jews? - The Wannsee Conference - January 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 27
Did 90 Minutes Decide the Fate of the Jews? - The Wannsee Conference - January 1942, Pt. 2
 Britain Chooses War Crimes - RAF Strategic Bombing - February 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 28
Britain Chooses War Crimes - RAF Strategic Bombing - February 1942, Pt. 1
 U.S. Detention, Nazi Deportation, and Death in the East - February 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 29
U.S. Detention, Nazi Deportation, and Death in the East - February 1942, Pt. 2
 Extermination Begins at Auschwitz - March 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 30
Extermination Begins at Auschwitz - March 1942, Pt. 1
 Fifty Families Murdered Every Hour - March 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 31
Fifty Families Murdered Every Hour - March 1942, Pt. 2
 The Bataan Death March Begins - April 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 32
The Bataan Death March Begins - April 1942, Pt. 1
 The Horrors of Partisan Warfare - April 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 33
The Horrors of Partisan Warfare - April 1942, Pt. 2
 100,000 Dead British Subjects in Burma - May 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 34
100,000 Dead British Subjects in Burma - May 1942, Pt. 1
 The Plot to Kill Hitler's Hangman - Operation Anthropoid - May 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 35
The Plot to Kill Hitler's Hangman - Operation Anthropoid - May 1942, Pt. 2
 Heydrich, Architect of the Holocaust, Dies - June 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 36
Heydrich, Architect of the Holocaust, Dies - June 1942, Pt. 1
 Japan's Institutionalization of Rape - June 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 37
Japan's Institutionalization of Rape - June 1942, Pt. 2
 Forced Sterilization Experiments Begin at Auschwitz - July 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 38
Forced Sterilization Experiments Begin at Auschwitz - July 1942, Pt. 1
 The 100 Deadliest Days of the Holocaust Begin... - July 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 39
The 100 Deadliest Days of the Holocaust Begin... - July 1942, Pt. 2
 The Symphony That Defeated the Wehrmacht - August 1942, Pt .1
Episode 40
The Symphony That Defeated the Wehrmacht - August 1942, Pt .1
 Why Don't the French Resist? - August 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 41
Why Don't the French Resist? - August 1942, Pt. 2
 Kill The Nazis - September 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 42
Kill The Nazis - September 1942, Pt. 1
 How Britain Oppressed India - September 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 43
How Britain Oppressed India - September 1942, Pt. 2
 Resist. Collaborate. Die. - October 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 44
Resist. Collaborate. Die. - October 1942, Pt. 1
 A United Front Against Nazi Atrocities - October 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 45
A United Front Against Nazi Atrocities - October 1942, Pt. 2
 Fighting Nazis with Radios and Funerals - November 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 46
Fighting Nazis with Radios and Funerals - November 1942, Pt. 1
 The Germans Learn to Love Their Slaves - November 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 47
The Germans Learn to Love Their Slaves - November 1942, Pt. 2
 Death Squads Arrive in North Africa - December 1942, Pt. 1
Episode 48
Death Squads Arrive in North Africa - December 1942, Pt. 1
 Let the Hunger Games Begin - December 1942, Pt. 2
Episode 49
Let the Hunger Games Begin - December 1942, Pt. 2
 The Revenge Bombing of Germany - January 1943, Pt. 1
Episode 50
The Revenge Bombing of Germany - January 1943, Pt. 1
 The Warsaw Ghetto: The Jews Strike Back - January 1943, Pt. 2
Episode 51
The Warsaw Ghetto: The Jews Strike Back - January 1943, Pt. 2
 Eat the Nazis, There’s Nothing Else - February 1943, Pt. 1
Episode 52
Eat the Nazis, There’s Nothing Else - February 1943, Pt. 1
 Total War NOW - February 1943, Pt. 2
Episode 53
Total War NOW - February 1943, Pt. 2
 Assassinate Hitler, or Die Trying - March 1943, Pt. 1
Episode 54
Assassinate Hitler, or Die Trying - March 1943, Pt. 1
 Denazify the World. Resist Now. - March 1943, Pt. 2
Episode 55
Denazify the World. Resist Now. - March 1943, Pt. 2
 The West Sacrifices Poland to the Soviets - April 1943, Pt. 1
Episode 56
The West Sacrifices Poland to the Soviets - April 1943, Pt. 1
 The Jews Fight Back - April 24, 1943
Episode 57
The Jews Fight Back - April 24, 1943
 Dead Refugees Are Better Than New Immigrants - May 1, 1943
Episode 58
Dead Refugees Are Better Than New Immigrants - May 1, 1943
 Barbie and the Trail of Blood - May 8, 1943
Episode 59
Barbie and the Trail of Blood - May 8, 1943
 Heaviest Air Raid in Human History - May 15, 1943
Episode 60
Heaviest Air Raid in Human History - May 15, 1943
 Drowning Germans, Burning Jews - May 22, 1943
Episode 61
Drowning Germans, Burning Jews - May 22, 1943
 The Deadliest Job in World War Two - May 29, 1943
Episode 62
The Deadliest Job in World War Two - May 29, 1943
 Dr. Mengele Takes Command - June 5, 1943
Episode 63
Dr. Mengele Takes Command - June 5, 1943
 Nazis in a Balkan Mess - June 12, 1943
Episode 64
Nazis in a Balkan Mess - June 12, 1943
 Japan - Liberators of India? - June 19, 1943
Episode 65
Japan - Liberators of India? - June 19, 1943
 Decapitating the French Resistance - June 26, 1943
Episode 66
Decapitating the French Resistance - June 26, 1943
 The Master Race of Asia? - July 3, 1943
Episode 67
The Master Race of Asia? - July 3, 1943
 Killing the Resistance, and Rockets of Death - July 10, 1943
Episode 68
Killing the Resistance, and Rockets of Death - July 10, 1943
 General Patton Orders War Crimes - July 17, 1943
Episode 69
General Patton Orders War Crimes - July 17, 1943
 Stalin, Hitler, and Churchill - Architects of Death - July 24, 1943
Episode 70
Stalin, Hitler, and Churchill - Architects of Death - July 24, 1943
 Hamburg’s Citizens Burnt Alive - July 31, 1943
Episode 71
Hamburg’s Citizens Burnt Alive - July 31, 1943
 The Great Escape from Treblinka Death Camp - August 7, 1943
Episode 72
The Great Escape from Treblinka Death Camp - August 7, 1943
 Amazing Money Heist by Polish Resistance - August 14, 1943
Episode 73
Amazing Money Heist by Polish Resistance - August 14, 1943
 Greece Burns Under Nazi Occupation - August 21, 1943
Episode 74
Greece Burns Under Nazi Occupation - August 21, 1943
 The Astonishing Nazi Underground Slave Factories - August 28, 1943
Episode 75
The Astonishing Nazi Underground Slave Factories - August 28, 1943
 Amon Göth: The Super Nazi - September 4, 1943
Episode 76
Amon Göth: The Super Nazi - September 4, 1943
 Italy Switches Sides in World War Two - September 11, 1943
Episode 77
Italy Switches Sides in World War Two - September 11, 1943
 Albania - Hitler's Latest Ally? - September 18, 1943
Episode 78
Albania - Hitler's Latest Ally? - September 18, 1943
 Nazis Go Fascist Hunting - September 25, 1943
Episode 79
Nazis Go Fascist Hunting - September 25, 1943
 Sweden: The Jews' Salvation? - October 2, 1943
Episode 80
Sweden: The Jews' Salvation? - October 2, 1943
 The Nazis' Justification for the Genocide - October 9, 1943
Episode 81
The Nazis' Justification for the Genocide - October 9, 1943
 The Great Escape from Death Camp Sobibor - October 16, 1943
Episode 82
The Great Escape from Death Camp Sobibor - October 16, 1943
 Another bombed city - war still not ended - October 23, 1943
Episode 83
Another bombed city - war still not ended - October 23, 1943
 Executed for Telling a Joke - October 30, 1943
Episode 84
Executed for Telling a Joke - October 30, 1943
 The Final Bloody Chapter of Operation Reinhard - November 6, 1943
Episode 85
The Final Bloody Chapter of Operation Reinhard - November 6, 1943
 The Auschwitz Business Model - November 10, 1943
Episode 86
The Auschwitz Business Model - November 10, 1943
 Baltic Peoples Join the SS - November 17, 1943
Episode 87
Baltic Peoples Join the SS - November 17, 1943
 The Secret Radio in Auschwitz - November 24, 1943
Episode 88
The Secret Radio in Auschwitz - November 24, 1943
 Bombing Berlin with Ed Murrow of CBS - December 1, 1943
Episode 89
Bombing Berlin with Ed Murrow of CBS - December 1, 1943
 V-1: Hitler's Deluded Revenge Plan - December 8, 1943
Episode 90
V-1: Hitler's Deluded Revenge Plan - December 8, 1943
 The RAF's Worst Day of the War - December 15, 1943
Episode 91
The RAF's Worst Day of the War - December 15, 1943
 US Couples Miraculously Escape Japanese Massacre - December 25, 1943
Episode 92
US Couples Miraculously Escape Japanese Massacre - December 25, 1943
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