Podcast on Germany

Join in as we look at the disappearance of one of America's largest minority groups within the span of 4 years.  A special episode recorded with American History Podcast.

Join in as we look at the Visigoth kingdom set up in southern France!  The Visigoths who have been center stage for Rome's attention now seem to be settling.  But when you got an inspiration for JRR Tolkien's work about to become king of the tribe it definitely is not going to be a quiet time in the region.

Join in as we look at the Suevi who go from one of the smallest Germanic tribes in the Iberian Peninsula to nearly driving the Romans out!  Will they leave a lasting legacy in the conquered lands unlike the Vandals or will they disappear into the dustbin of history?

Join in as we look at the kings after Geiseric of the Vandals and how, despite lasting 100 years, they leave nothing behind besides their name and a few scraps of metal.

Join in as we look over the Netflix new show called Barbarians and how historically accurate it is! (hint: it is not).

For our final interview we have Michael Kaelin from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Join in as we discuss German immigration into the US during the 1800s and how these immigrants played a role in controlling who and who could not come to the US from their home countries and informed the US immigration policy that would form in the lead up to 1900.

For our 3rd interview of the Month of Germany we have Ezra Gerard at the University of Wisconsin who is working on German Homosexuality.  Join in as we look at the 1800s and 1900s study of Homosexuality in Germany and how it shaped our view of it today.

Geiseric decides that Europe does not agree with him or the Vandals and Alans so they are going sailing!  Join in as we look at the long life of one of the biggest threats to Rome that does something that no barbarian has ever been able to do before, force the West to accept their terms.  Find out how he brings the Western Empire to the peace table time and time again.  If you would like to learn more about Pope Leo I's check out Pontifacts episode 47: Leo I (the Great).
https://pontifacts.podbean.com/e/47-leo-i-the-great/

Join in as we continue the month of Germany with another graduate interview!  Kilian Harrer a PhD graduate from University of Wisconsin-Madison shows us how the introduction of the French Republic led to complications in the traditional rival between the Catholics and the Protestants of Western Germany and would form the roots of future conflict that would plague Germany in the 1800s.

To celebrate our 2 year anniversary we have released the 1st of 4 interviews conducted with Graduate students within the field of German History.  Chad Gibbs, a George L. Mosse Fellow from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explores the horrors of Treblinka camps during the height of  Nazi Germany and how the prisoners of this camp were able to use the camp to their advantage to launch a revolt and attempt an escape on August 2nd 1943.