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The road to the Holocaust

Frank McDonough tells the story of the escalating persecution of the Jews under the Nazis – from Hitler's rise to power to the horror of the death camps

• Spencer Mizen

Published: January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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In his latest book, The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933–1945, Frank McDonough offers a heart-rending year-by-year narrative of the Nazis' escalating persecution of the Jews – from Hitler's rise to power to the death camps. Here, in conversation with Spencer Mizen, Frank describes how a campaign of intimidation on the streets of Germany evolved into genocide.

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Spencer MizenSenior production editor

Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine

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