When Hitler learned that Hungary was secretly seeking to make a separate peace with the Allies, he ordered the German military to occupy Hungary.
Hungary was home to the largest surviving Jewish community in Axis-occupied Europe. When the German military moved into the country, so did the SS. It set to work deporting and murdering Jewish Hungarians as quickly as possible, while Allied and neutral leaders condemned the killings.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
“Marcia funèbre” from Six Piano Pieces.
Composed in 1925 by Erkki Melartin. Public domain.
Performed by Jean Dubé and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 license. Source.
Closing War Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
Good afternoon I wanted to report that the audio quality of your last episodes is very bad (i thought that I had broken my loudspeakers, that kind of bad). I listen via Apple Podcast.
Sorry to bring bad news, keep your great work.
I just listened to this episode on Apple Podcasts and I didn’t hear any problem.