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Episode 131: Sir Richard Evans - How the Nazis Rose to Power
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- Keep Talking
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- Nov 29, 2024
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- 3504
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Summary
Sir Richard Evans is a historian, and the author of many books, including The Third Reich Trilogy, The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914 , and Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich , which is the primary focus of this conversation. ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (01:00) The young Hitler (04:11) The Nazis were conservative, middle class Germans (10:20) How Hitler rose, his talents as a speaker (19:52) The Reichstag Fire and The Enabling Act (27:57) The romantic and personal life of Hitler (31:39) Hitler's romantic interest in Joseph Goebbels's wife (35:52) Demythologizing the Nazis: a story of Himmler in the sauna (39:27) "Ordinary Men" by Christopher R. Browning (44:50) The story of Dr. Karl Brandt (49:34) Why history and studying the Nazis matters (52:19) Threats to freedom and democracy in the modern world (54:22) Donald Trump is not a fascist