The Third Reich History Podcast

How did polarized politics contribute to the rise of Nazism? How did Hitler's vision of community capture Germans' hopes and fears? In the first installment of a new series examining the roots of popular support for Nazism, we explore the ideology of the people's community.

How did polarized politics contribute to the rise of Nazism? How did Hitler's vision of community capture Germans' hopes and fears? In the first installment of a new series examining the roots of popular support for Nazism, we explore the ideology of the people's community.

Did you know the Nazis had more than one type of concentration camp? What role did camps play during the final months of the Third Reich? In this episode, Chris and Ryan discuss Gabriele Lotfi's Concentration Camps of the Gestapo: Work Education Camps in the Third Reich. Ryan starts the episode off with a short overview of the development of the concentration camp system. The discussion then focuses on chapters about the final months of the war and Chris shares findings from his own research about the treatment of foreign workers. As usual, we get stuck into a meaty discussion about who faced the firing squads and who was spared in spring 1945 and toss around some ideas for consideration.

Did you know the Nazis had more than one type of concentration camp? What role did camps play during the final months of the Third Reich? In this episode, Chris and Ryan discuss Gabriele Lotfi's Concentration Camps of the Gestapo: Work Education Camps in the Third Reich. Ryan starts the episode off with a short overview of the development of the concentration camp system. The discussion then focuses on chapters about the final months of the war and Chris shares findings from his own research about the treatment of foreign workers. As usual, we get stuck into a meaty discussion about who faced the firing squads and who was spared in spring 1945 and toss around some ideas for consideration.

In this episode, Chris and Ryan review Michael McConnell's "The Situation is Once Again Quiet." We talk about the evacuation operation of fall 1944, decentralization of the Gestapo, and influence of the partisan wars in Eastern Europe on domestic policing. A much clearer picture of when violence started to affected different groups emerges.

Correction: The controversy over controlling the movement of evacuees by withholding rations began in October 1943. Hitler intervened in January 1944 and forbade the use of "coercive measures." Himmler repeated this message in July 1944 and Bormann as late as October 1944.

In this episode, Chris and Ryan review Michael McConnell's "The Situation is Once Again Quiet." We talk about the evacuation operation of fall 1944, decentralization of the Gestapo, and influence of the partisan wars in Eastern Europe on domestic policing. A much clearer picture of when violence started to affected different groups emerges.

Correction: The controversy over controlling the movement of evacuees by withholding rations began in October 1943. Hitler intervened in January 1944 and forbade the use of "coercive measures." Himmler repeated this message in July 1944 and Bormann as late as October 1944.

In this episode, Chris and Ryan argue about whether delinquent foreign workers hiding out in the ruins of Cologne were resisting the Nazis or simply surviving. What does resistance entail? We also bounce around some ideas about what the security services learned from the example of Cologne.

In this episode, Chris and Ryan argue about whether delinquent foreign workers hiding out in the ruins of Cologne were resisting the Nazis or simply surviving. What does resistance entail? We also bounce around some ideas about what the security services learned from the example of Cologne.

In this episode, Chris and Ryan review Bernd-A. Rusinek's Gesellschaft in der Katastrophe: Terror, Illegalität, Widerstand - Köln 1944/1945. We discuss whether the Ehrenfeld Gang were resistance fighters, criminals, or even a gang at all as we talk about the underground networks that emerged in the ruins of Cologne over fall 1944. Grab your gun, we're going on a butter heist!

In this episode, Chris and Ryan review Bernd-A. Rusinek's Gesellschaft in der Katastrophe: Terror, Illegalität, Widerstand - Köln 1944/1945. We discuss whether the Ehrenfeld Gang were resistance fighters, criminals, or even a gang at all as we talk about the underground networks that emerged in the ruins of Cologne over fall 1944. Grab your gun, we're going on a butter heist!