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Covering Their Tracks

By: Tablet Studios
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  • Summary

  • The extraordinary story of a young man’s escape from a moving train bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, and his fight to hold the French national rail company, the SNCF, accountable for their actions as they later bid for lucrative high-speed rail contracts in the United States.
    2024 Tablet Magazine
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  • Covering Their Tracks

    Covering Their Tracks
    Jan 25 2024
    During the Holocaust, France’s National Railway (SNCF) transported Jews toward concentration camps. The SNCF went to great pains to obscure that narrative, but one survivor who leapt from a train headed toward Auschwitz never forgot, and begins to seek justice. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.
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    33 mins
  • Covering Their Tracks: Convoy #42

    Covering Their Tracks: Convoy #42
    Jan 25 2024
    After running from Nazi occupation for three years, Leo Bretholz is forced onto a SNCF cattle car bound for Auschwitz. He manages a daring escape just miles from the German border, but his journey is long from over. Eventually, he settles in America, and begins to open up about his story.   Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.
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    29 mins
  • Covering Their Tracks: The Hearing

    Covering Their Tracks: The Hearing
    Jan 31 2024
    The debate over the SNCF’s complicity expands to modern day, when the rail company attempts to bid on high speed rail in Leo Bretholz’s backyard. We also meet Rosette Goldstein, whose father was transported by the SNCF to his eventual death. Through retelling their stories, lobbyists, lawyers, and politicians begin to act.  Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.
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    28 mins
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