Episode 3: Malmedy

About this episode

The episode discusses the Malmedy massacre during World War II and its political ramifications in the United States.

One of the most shocking incidents of World War II for Americans -- a cold-blooded Nazi massacre of surrendering American troops -- gets weaponized against the United States by surviving Nazis hoping to return to power, as well as a group of Americans sympathetic to their cause. A gruesome hoax around the massacre, cooked up by the Nazis, will soon rocket through American politics.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Maddow

Topics covered

• World War II
• Nazi massacre
• American troops
• political hoax
• historical events

Keywords

• Malmedy
• Nazi
• massacre
• World War II
• American politics
• hoax
• surrendering troops

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nazi

Places: United States

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