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88. Ken Burns on Heroism, Horror, and History

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Jews Are Being Exterminated

John paley in the treasury department from nebraska is this guy who just realizes that the jews are being exterminated. And he goes to his boss, henry morgan thall, the only jew leading a cabinet position in the roosevelt administration and they conspire. They need an exception so that they can get money to places where they're not allowed to have money like in your enemy's territory. What it does is it simply sends money where money is needed to pay forgers, to bribe guards, to do the things that we're not supposed to be able to do. We underwrite the celebrated rau wallenberg, who's a swedish diplomat in hung

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