How does a modern, cultured nation descend into industrialised genocide? Together with actor Paul McGann, leading historian of the Third Reich Frank McDonough delivers a forensic, year-by-year examination of the Holocaust and the final years of Nazi rule. Tracing the path from early persecution in the 1920s to the machinery of mass murder formalised after the Wannsee Conference, McDonough and McGann reveal how hatred moved from street violence to chilling state bureaucracy. They explore the impact of the Nuremberg Laws, the escalation of anti-Jewish policies, and the lived experiences of victims and survivors. Drawing on the latest research and powerful primary sources, this is a meticulous, unflinching account of one of history’s darkest chapters; essential listening for anyone seeking to understand how such atrocities were conceived, enabled and carried out.