Theo Young-Smith

I guess so, by fascist ideology, by the pressure of war. And the thing is, this is in the first week of the war.

Yeah, I think this is different from, let's say, the French troops in the Peninsular War or something. Right. Or the Germans in Belgium in 1914. Yeah. Or British soldiers in the Boer War or whatever it might be. I mean, there are countless examples, but this has been ideologically prepared for.

Yeah, I think this is different from, let's say, the French troops in the Peninsular War or something. Right. Or the Germans in Belgium in 1914. Yeah. Or British soldiers in the Boer War or whatever it might be. I mean, there are countless examples, but this has been ideologically prepared for.

Yeah, I think this is different from, let's say, the French troops in the Peninsular War or something. Right. Or the Germans in Belgium in 1914. Yeah. Or British soldiers in the Boer War or whatever it might be. I mean, there are countless examples, but this has been ideologically prepared for.

The supreme commander, the guy at the top, has briefed his people beforehand and said, you know, kill them all. This is what I want to do. People did not do that before the First World War. I mean, people say brutal things in wars, and they give brutal instructions, of course. But this is of a different order in all the historians of the Third Reich and the Second World War.

The supreme commander, the guy at the top, has briefed his people beforehand and said, you know, kill them all. This is what I want to do. People did not do that before the First World War. I mean, people say brutal things in wars, and they give brutal instructions, of course. But this is of a different order in all the historians of the Third Reich and the Second World War.

The supreme commander, the guy at the top, has briefed his people beforehand and said, you know, kill them all. This is what I want to do. People did not do that before the First World War. I mean, people say brutal things in wars, and they give brutal instructions, of course. But this is of a different order in all the historians of the Third Reich and the Second World War.

Yeah, it's ideological programming, isn't it? Exactly. Well, here's the thing, right? Because it's not just the army that are doing it. It's also the SS. So this is the really ominous thing, that in their wake are following the first Einsatzgruppen under Reinhard Heydrich, task forces. They are sent in the wake of the army to carry out the SS's ideological vision.

Yeah, it's ideological programming, isn't it? Exactly. Well, here's the thing, right? Because it's not just the army that are doing it. It's also the SS. So this is the really ominous thing, that in their wake are following the first Einsatzgruppen under Reinhard Heydrich, task forces. They are sent in the wake of the army to carry out the SS's ideological vision.

Yeah, it's ideological programming, isn't it? Exactly. Well, here's the thing, right? Because it's not just the army that are doing it. It's also the SS. So this is the really ominous thing, that in their wake are following the first Einsatzgruppen under Reinhard Heydrich, task forces. They are sent in the wake of the army to carry out the SS's ideological vision.

These are led by experienced guys who had often been in the Freikorps in the 1920s, the right-wing paramilitaries. Right from the start, they've been sent to round up, to find, to execute government officials, intellectuals, officers and so on. They are killing about 200 people a day in the first week of the invasion. And Heydrich is shocked at this and says, this is far too few.

These are led by experienced guys who had often been in the Freikorps in the 1920s, the right-wing paramilitaries. Right from the start, they've been sent to round up, to find, to execute government officials, intellectuals, officers and so on. They are killing about 200 people a day in the first week of the invasion. And Heydrich is shocked at this and says, this is far too few.

These are led by experienced guys who had often been in the Freikorps in the 1920s, the right-wing paramilitaries. Right from the start, they've been sent to round up, to find, to execute government officials, intellectuals, officers and so on. They are killing about 200 people a day in the first week of the invasion. And Heydrich is shocked at this and says, this is far too few.

This is, we should be killing far more people. On the 19th of September, he had a meeting with General Halder, commanding the German army. And Heydrich said, come on, I want to have a clear out. Jews, intelligentsia, priesthood, aristocracy. He says, my men have got lists with 60,000 people's names on. All of those 60,000 people have to go.

This is, we should be killing far more people. On the 19th of September, he had a meeting with General Halder, commanding the German army. And Heydrich said, come on, I want to have a clear out. Jews, intelligentsia, priesthood, aristocracy. He says, my men have got lists with 60,000 people's names on. All of those 60,000 people have to go.

This is, we should be killing far more people. On the 19th of September, he had a meeting with General Halder, commanding the German army. And Heydrich said, come on, I want to have a clear out. Jews, intelligentsia, priesthood, aristocracy. He says, my men have got lists with 60,000 people's names on. All of those 60,000 people have to go.

Yeah, decapitation strategy. Now, of course, the category of people as well that jumps out at you from that is, since we know what's going to happen, are Poland's Jews. Poland has by far the largest Jewish population in Europe, about three and a half million people, which is a tenth of the population. They live in the cities by and large, so Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow and so on.

Yeah, decapitation strategy. Now, of course, the category of people as well that jumps out at you from that is, since we know what's going to happen, are Poland's Jews. Poland has by far the largest Jewish population in Europe, about three and a half million people, which is a tenth of the population. They live in the cities by and large, so Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow and so on.

Yeah, decapitation strategy. Now, of course, the category of people as well that jumps out at you from that is, since we know what's going to happen, are Poland's Jews. Poland has by far the largest Jewish population in Europe, about three and a half million people, which is a tenth of the population. They live in the cities by and large, so Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow and so on.

They are very identifiable.