The Third Reich History Podcast
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Episodes of The Third Reich History Podcast
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The opening of Enemies of the People: Hitler's Critics and the Gestapo as read by the author.
The concentration camps symbolize the Holocaust. But the twisted road to Auschwitz was only one path in a wider system of terror. How did the concentration camp system change from 1935 to 1938? Who was in charge? How did the camps go from shrin
How did the Accountant of Auschwitz end up before a court at 93 years of age? Who bears responsibility for genocide? What justice can there be for crimes committed a lifetime ago? Join us for a conversation with Ricki Gurwitz about the thorny m
Who defended Nazi war criminals after 1945? What limited prosecution and how did the German public think about post-war justice? Tune in to our interview with Craig Sorvillo about his research on Rudolf Aschenauer to find out!Get a hold of us
How did life change for slave labour after Stalingrad? How did the German way of irregular warfare shape their experience as a vital yet dangerous resource in Nazi eyes? In part two, Chris begins by briefly describing the foreign worker program
How did an oppressive system become a murderous one? How was the Nazi foreign worker program built upon colonial precedents? In our latest episode, Ryan interviews Chris about his freshly defended dissertation on forced labour under Nazism. In
Chris is back! In his triumphant return, we discuss how the Reich Ministry of the Interior functioned as the war turned against Germany. What changed after Himmler took control? Who was Wilhelm Stuckart? What was the SS theory of government adm
Where did the Nazi idea of a Judeo Bolshevik Conspiracy come from? How were modern anti-Semitic tropes woven into a narrative of Jewish puppet masters? In the first half of a two part Roots of Nazism episode, join Ryan for a whirlwind overview
How did a democratic police force transform into the Gestapo in three short years? Tune in to find out and bear in mind the words of Martin Luther King Jr. “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
How do historians come up with questions and find sources with answers? What are the ins and outs of working in an archive? In an episode chock full of resources, Ryan waxes poetic about overcoming the obstacles of taking research from concepti
How do authoritarians silence dissent? How were libel laws used to criminalize criticism? What punishments awaited those who spoke out against Hitler? Find out in the latest Roots of Nazism episode as Ryan traces the development of Orwellian sp
Where can historians find sources? What questions can different archives answer? What is there to do when you aren’t digging through a heap of dusty documents? In a new series that is part travel log and part research report, Ryan reminisces of
The concentration camps symbolize the Holocaust. But the twisted road to Auschwitz was only one path in a wider system of terror. Where did the camps come from? How did their purpose change over time? What was life like in the different types o
Was Hildegaard Beetz a lovestruck secretary or international woman of mystery spying for the Nazis? How did the Gestapo police women for political offences? In a grab bag episode, Jim Retallack tells us how his new book about political culture
How do historians write history? How do they approach sources and tease out insights lurking between the lines? How do they deal with biases when writing about ideologies like Nazism? Most importantly, what undiscovered gems are hidden in the a
What would you do if a cherished family member had been a Nazi? How would you make sense of the silences that had held an uncomfortable reality at bay? Roger Frie joins us to discuss the process of forgetting, remembering, and his intensely per
How did Nazi Jewish policy escalate into the Holocaust? What role did security policy in occupied territories and the SS Einsatzgruppen play? What was the Final Solution decided at the Wannsee Conference? Was the man who oversaw it all a career
The Reich Security Main Office orchestrated the worst crimes of Nazi Germany. The RSHA was in charge of the Gestapo, the concentration camp system, security in occupied Europe, the murderous Einsatzgruppen, and the Holocaust. But who was in cha
Why did Hitler back down in some situations and not others? Why did some protests work and others fail? What do popular reactions to evacuations, euthanasia, and Jewish policy reveal about the nature of popular opposition? Nathan Stoltzfus join
How did Hitler and Stalin rule? Does the theory of totalitarianism clarify or confuse? Working Toward the Führer opened a broader discussion about the nature of dictatorships. Tune in for the full conversation.H-net News: Conference report by
How was power exercised in the Third Reich? How do dictators use competing power centers to administer the state? How do they set policy while remaining aloof to preserve their popularity? Find out as Chris and Ryan discuss Ian Kershaw’s theory
The final months of the Nazi regime are usually described in terms of apocalyptic chaos. A society in catastrophe. A spiral of violence. A state of confusion tinged with security paranoia that allowed individual actors to wield unchecked power
How did the Nazi regime respond to protest? How did Hitler's desire for popular authority shape the relationship between state and society? Find out in the first of our long awaited interviews with Nathan Stoltzfus. Ryan chats with Nathan about
In this episode, Chris and Ryan discuss Ralf Blank's chapter on the Endphase in the Rhein and Ruhr. His focus of Allied bombing campaigns and Hitler's "Nero Order" to destroy all industry in danger of falling into enemy hands highlights aspects
Who was excluded from the Nazi “community of the people” in the final months of the war? What can post-war trials tell us about atrocities committed in the Endphase? In this episode, Chris and Ryan review Sven Keller’s chapter Crimes in the End
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