The Holocaust is the defining event of the past century. The sheer horror of the cold statistics has an indefatigable hold on global cultural consciousness. Six million Jews stripped of clothing, hair and names were fed to the insatiable war machine. And it was a machine, carefully oiled and maintained. Brainwashing propaganda, from posters and speeches to salutes and faux-science, kept it in beautiful working order. To look at archival footage of thousands of polished Nazi boots marching in perfect …More