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My guest today on #BookedUp is David de Jong, the author of a mindblowing new narrative nonfiction book called Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties.

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NAZI BILLIONAIRES puts the lie to the often-heard claims by descendants and apologists for the industrialists who collaborated for profit with Hilter. You’ve heard them too.That these business leaders did not know what was going on at the concentration and extermination camps

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More false claims include that these business leaders were helping Jews by buying businesses on the cheap, that they had not sought out to be members of the Nazi party but were forced to to stay in business.

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Right now, my favorite thing is promoting my friends’ projects - be it a book, a podcast, a substack, legal work, acting, comedy, music - we are all storytellers. Telling your story helps people feel like they’re not alone, and that’s the most important feeling there is!
Check out my friend @Victorshi2020 and his new podcast about Gen Z voters, who helped preserve democracy in the midterms!
Or listen to my friend @MollyJongFast on the #FastPolitics pod. She also writes for @VanityFair! The @nytimes did an amazing above-the-fold piece on her here: nytimes.com/2022/11/06/bus…
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