The Third Reich History Podcast

By Ryan Stackhouse and Chris OsmarSociety & Culture

The Third Reich History Podcast episodes

December 04, 2018 The Roots of Nazism Part Five - Origins of the Judeo Bolshevik Conspiracy
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 of modern anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the end of the First World War.
58 min
November 02, 2018 The Origins of Gestapo Power
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.”
43 min
September 04, 2018 Archival Expedition Part Two - Tools of the Trade
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 conception to completion.
Links:
Klaus Gietinger on Wolfgang Niess, Die Revolution von 1918/19: Der wahre Beginn unserer Demokratie and Joachim Käppner, 1918 – Aufstand für die Freiheit: Die Revolution der Besonnenen.
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28872
Archivportal
www.archivportal-d.de
Center for Research Libraries
http://www.crl.edu/
Worldcat (for all your ILL needs)
https://www.worldcat.org/
NARA Captured German Records
https://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records
Digitized Finding Aids for the Records of Reich Leader SS and Chief of German Police
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-1.pdf
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-2.pdf
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-3.pdf
47 min
September 04, 2018 Archival Expedition Part Two - Tools of the Trade
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 conception to completion.
Links:
Klaus Gietinger on Wolfgang Niess, Die Revolution von 1918/19: Der wahre Beginn unserer Demokratie and Joachim Käppner, 1918 – Aufstand für die Freiheit: Die Revolution der Besonnenen.
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28872
Archivportal
www.archivportal-d.de
Center for Research Libraries
http://www.crl.edu/
Worldcat (for all your ILL needs)
https://www.worldcat.org/
NARA Captured German Records
https://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records
Digitized Finding Aids for the Records of Reich Leader SS and Chief of German Police
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-1.pdf
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-2.pdf
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-3.pdf
47 min
August 20, 2018 The Roots of Nazism Part Four - Criminalizing Conversation
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 speech laws governing private conversation.
56 min
August 20, 2018 The Roots of Nazism Part Four - Criminalizing Conversation
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 speech laws governing private conversation.
56 min
August 02, 2018 Archival Expedition Part One - The Rhineland
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 archives he has known. This week, lazing on the banks of the Rhine and toiling in the North Rhine Westphalian State Archive.
55 min
August 02, 2018 Archival Expedition Part One - The Rhineland
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 archives he has known. This week, lazing on the banks of the Rhine and toiling in the North Rhine Westphalian State Archive.
55 min
June 15, 2018 The Concentration Camps Part One - Overview and Origins
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 of camps? Join us for a new series exploring the complex and dynamic evolution of concentration camp system. In this episode, Chris and Ryan provide a broad overview and discuss the early years.
1 hr 10 min
June 01, 2018 Nazi Spies, Policing, and Gender
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 in the Kaiserreich suggests 1933 as a vanishing point and we conclude our discussion with Katrin Pahler about intelligence in the Third Reich.
H-net News: Janosch Steuwer reviews Andre Postert’s Hitlerjunge Schall
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-26789
Call for papers on industrial vigilantism, strikebreaking, and patterns of anti-labour violence 1890s-1930s in comparative and transnational perspective
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine-37331
48 min