The Ambassador Who Carried Papers That Led to Auschwitz

Healthcare Mysteries Uncovered · Aug 11, 2026 · 24m

The Ambassador Who Carried Papers That Led to Auschwitz

Fear and culpability: a single diplomat's routine paperwork helped set a chain of events tied to 49,000 deaths, yet he died after a simple appendix operation in Madrid - was it accident, or consequence? What exactly did the papers Hans-Adolf von Moltke carried contain, and how did diplomatic routine become a route to Auschwitz?

In this episode, we chart Hans-Adolf von Moltke's life from his birth in Oppeln to his eleven weeks as Germany's ambassador to Spain and the papers he brought with him to Madrid, asking how a cautious career…