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The Zone of Interest

10 min read 13 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

In the shadow of Auschwitz, an SS officer's affair with the commandant's wife reveals how ordinary people become complicit in extraordinary evil.

You’ll learn

  • Evil thrives in mundane routines
  • Love can coexist with atrocity
  • Bureaucracy enables genocide
  • Moral blindness is a choice