[On the Holocaust] Man on the Inside, Pt. 2
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Kurt Gerstein defies easy categorization. The Germans didn't know what to think of him, the French changed their minds. His friends and family paint a picture of a man torn between two worlds. Facts about his life seem to clash with one another. Even decades after World War II ended, people still couldn't figure out whether he had participated in, or sabotaged, the German murder machinery. Featured guest: Dr. Valerie Hébert, Associate Professor of History, Lakehead University, Canada.
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