Welcome to Circa 1945: Breaking the Machine. A podcast of parables about the Holocaust — and what it would take to build a genocide-proof society.

Studying the most evil times in history can help us understand them, and understanding is power and freedom.

Today’s story is about a song, a dinner table conversation, and my first real encounter with the idea of scapegoating.

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