Why were prized rabbits in Auschwitz? | feat. Tanya Singer
A photo album made with rabbit fur. A secret breeding project. A lost alligator. The story of Project Angora is truly stranger than fiction.
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Show Notes
A photo album made with rabbit fur.
A secret breeding project.
A lost alligator.
The story of Project Angora is truly stranger than fiction.
Holocaust researcher and founder of the Knitting Hope project, Tanya Singer, shares a little-known story from inside 31 concentration camps.
A few curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:
- Why Heinrich Himmler was so obsessed with angora rabbits
- The dark message of Nazi fashion
- Why animal exhibits existed at some concentration camps
Click here to read the article on which this episode is based.
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