Achtung! History

He lived in through changing times, when a great city changed from quaint baroque into industrial giant, Eduard Gärtner captured Berlin in the thralls of change. 

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Albert Einstein, the eminent physicist had made his home in Berlin in 1905. He grew to become part of the community, and as his fame grew with his achievements so did admiration and respect of the people of the city that he now called home. In 1929 the city of Berlin and its Lord Mayor Böß decided to honour the man and present him with a gift, that, for the city, turned into a scandal.

Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or support Achtung History on Patreon from as little as 1€.   

On the 3rd of March 1945 Adolf Hitler, German dictator and Führer would leave the safety of the confines of the Reichskanzlei compound in Berlin for the final time. Discover his final day out of Berlin, the history behind his destination and the organisation known as the Sturmabteilung or SA, the Nazi brown shirt thugs. 

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In this episode Simon J. James walks you through the thought process and research process behind writing The Watcher, the difficulties and the choice decisions that were made in order to portray the story effectively, also list closely as The Watcher series comes to an end there is one final twist in the tale before it is all over. Discover what happened after the case file of Hildegard Zäpernick is put into storage. 

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Richard Schulz, Watchman of the Gillesbau in Berlin's Neu-Westend, is suspected by the Berlin Criminal Police of having murdered 11 year old Hildegard Zäpernick, now he stands before the District Councillor Löwenthal who has to make a decision on his guilt. However, whilst Schulz is held, worrying events take place in Berlin and in Germany that cast doubt on the case of who murdered Hildegard Zäpernick. 

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Ticking off suspects one by one is time consuming but important. Ernst Gennat the buddha of Berlin implores his chief detectives Werneburg and Quoß to find the final people who may have seen Hilde alive, or at least might have some idea as to who may have killed her. 

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Hildegard Zäpernick's body has been found beneath the earth of a construction site in Berlin's Neu Westend district. Suspicion is laid on the guard of the building site Richard Schulz, and some interesting people are prepared now to make some statements about him. 

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After a discovery in the basement of the Gillesbau construction site in Berlin's Westend the police are called to examine the site further. Uncovering a body brings about the attention of Berlin's world famous Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of Berlin, who presides personally over the discovery. 

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The pressure is mounting on Quoß and the officers and investigators of Sonderkommission Zäpernick. Internal and external forces are pushing for arrests to be made and a city to be calmed but as great events briefly distract a population Quoß and his team need to extract more information. For the workers of the Gilles bau the police's presence is becoming normalised, but soon a grim discovery is going to change everything. 

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Hildegard Zäpernick an 11 year old girl from Berlin's Westend district goes missing on August 12th 1929. The police and local residents are left dumbfounded, no evidence or trace is found of the girl and fingers begin to point. Suddenly everyone in the city near a blond haired and blue eyed girl is a suspect, every strange action is suspicious and strangers represent danger. Listen to episode 3 now. If you haven't listened to episodes 1 and 2 we strongly recommend you do so first. 

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