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12 Years That Shook the World

by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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A World Destroyed

October 9, 2025 · 36 min

Torn down, heartbroken, and losing hope, Zvi, Miriam and Leon face even more loss. Then in Spring 1944, Eyshishok is liberated. They return home and face the question, with their world destroyed, what happens now? View Show Transcript
An Enemy Around Every Corner

October 1, 2025 · 35 min

The threat only grows: suspicious neighbors, ghetto massacres, and violent attacks. Miriam, Leon and Zvi go on the run — hiding, resisting, and fighting to stay alive. View Episode Transcript
“A Matter of Savagery”

September 25, 2025 · 27 min

Nazi killing squads have descended onto the shtetl, attempting to destroy all traces of Jewish life. Leon witnesses the terror, and Zvi comes face-to-face with a Nazi killer. View Episode Transcript
The Shtetl Crumbles

September 18, 2025 · 29 min

Zvi, Miriam and Leon are preparing to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, when suddenly, more armed men arrive in Eyshishok. Terror ensues, and Eyshishok begins to unravel. View Episode Transcript
“A Cloud Coming Down Over Our Head”

September 11, 2025 · 24 min

It’s June 1941. Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union, and German soldiers arrive in Eyshishok. Zvi, Miriam and Leon’s lives are flipped upside down. View Episode Transcript

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"A Happy Little Town"

September 4, 2025 · 26 min

It’s 1938. In Eastern Europe, life is bustling for three young Jews growing up in their vibrant Jewish community. Miriam Kabacznik, Leon Kahn, and Zvi Michaeli. But soon, the Nazi threat emerges on the horizon. View Episode Transcript
Season Four Trailer

September 4, 2025 · 2 min

From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, welcome to 12 Years That Shook the World. This season is a six-part series: the true story of three young Jews who face the Nazi reign of terror in their hometown: Zvi Michaeli, Miriam Kabacznik, and…
Watching from the Window

September 15, 2022 · 20 min

When the Nazis boycott Jewish-owned businesses in Lorrach, Germany, Bernard Loeb’s neighbors turn on him. When the Nazis attack Jews, his neighbors burn his synagogue. And when the Nazis deport Bernhard, his neighbors watch it happen. So…
An American Soldier’s Two Fronts

September 15, 2022 · 24 min

In 1943, amid the American Jim Crow era, a young Black American named Leon Bass enlists in the Army to fight Nazi Fascism. But once Leon enters WWII and becomes a witness to the Holocaust, he discovers something that will forever change…
The Rioter

September 15, 2022 · 20 min

In 1931—before the Nazis come to power— radical antisemite, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, organizes a violent riot against Jews on a vibrant Berlin avenue. This catches the attention of high-ranking Nazis. What role will Helldorff play…
Young Guardian

September 15, 2022 · 25 min

In 1937, Erwin Haber, a Jewish boy from Austria, had just turned 13. But months later when the Nazis take over his country, Erwin will be forced to navigate the world without his parents— and help his little sister and grandmother survive…
Looking Danger in the Eye

September 15, 2022 · 27 min

When Frieda Belinfante’s home country of the Netherlands is invaded by the Nazis in 1940, she leaves her flourishing music career to join the resistance movement. In defiance of the Nazi regime, Frieda, a lesbian, will risk her life to…

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From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 12 Years That Shook the World explores stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history from 1933-1945. Please be advised, 12 Years That Shook the World tells true stories from Holocaust history that may not be suitable for everyone.