{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Austria","slug":"inside-austria-4385468","podcast_index_feed_id":4385468,"rss_url":"https://inside-austria.podigee.io/feed/mp3","website_url":"https://www.derstandard.at/podcast/insideaustria","image_url":"https://images.podigee-cdn.net/0x,s4twDE7GKOIXpacXa0gh9LuMhMJO_gyaVO8AyrEa94fc=/https://main.podigee-cdn.net/uploads/u16032/87e5e713-45ef-47cb-b1fb-7fa6a47f2eb1.jpg","author":"DER STANDARD","episode_count":242,"summary":"DER STANDARD und DER SPIEGEL rekonstruieren die großen und kleinen Skandale Österreichs. WIR blicken in politische Abgründe und erklären zusammen mit den Journalistinnen und Journalisten beider Redaktionen, was die Republik bewegt. \"Inside Austria\" erscheint Samstags – überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T12:21:28.713470+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-austria-4385468"},"episode":{"title":"Die Mühlviertler Menschenjagd (2/3): Täter von Nebenan","slug":"die-m-hlviertler-menschenjagd-2-3-t-ter-von-nebenan","published_at":"2025-12-13T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-austria-4385468/die-m-hlviertler-menschenjagd-2-3-t-ter-von-nebenan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-austria-4385468","url":"https://inside-austria.podigee.io/215-neue-episode","audio_url":"https://audio.podigee-cdn.net/2256724-m-82fc148e04efa3dee1b5b826d2a4db6f.mp3?source=feed","summary":"This episode investigates the 'Mühlviertler Hasenjagd,' a 1945 manhunt where Nazi SS and local civilians hunted escaped prisoners from Mauthausen. Through the eyewitness testimony of Anna Hackl, it explores how ordinary neighbors became participants in a mass killing.","meta_description":"An investigation into the 1945 'Mühlviertler Hasenjagd,' exploring how local civilians and the SS participated in the hunt for escaped Mauthausen prisoner…","key_points":["Main idea: The 'Kugelaktion' was a deliberate Nazi policy to kill Soviet officers through neglect in Mauthausen's 'Death Block' rather than immediate execution","Failure mode: The common post-war defense that civilians acted only out of fear of the SS is challenged by historical evidence of proactive violence","Practical takeaway: The distinction between state-mandated violence and individual initiative is blurred when local populations actively join the hunt","Main idea: The 'Mühlviertler Hasenjagd' name reflects a cynical dehumanization of prisoners, treating human beings like game animals","Personal impact: The episode highlights the extreme psychological burden on children, like Anna Hackl, forced to participate in warnings to protect fugitives"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":60000,"title":"The Great Escape","summary":"An introduction to the largest documented escape from a concentration camp and the scope of the ensuing manhunt."},{"start_ms":210000,"title":"The Kugelaktion","summary":"An examination of the 'Kugelaktion' and why documentation of this specific mass murder campaign is unusually scarce."},{"start_ms":360000,"title":"Conditions in the Death Block","summary":"A look at the brutal living conditions and the desperate physical state of the prisoners before the breakout."},{"start_ms":510000,"title":"The Role of Kapos","summary":"How the SS utilized violent prisoner functionaries to maintain control and facilitate brutality within the camp."},{"start_ms":810000,"title":"The Civilian Hunt","summary":"The mobilization of local civilians and Hitler Youth members to track and kill escapees."},{"start_ms":960000,"title":"Challenging the 'Fear' Narrative","summary":"Historian Matthias Kaltenbrunner discusses how many perpetrators acted on their own initiative rather than under direct SS orders."},{"start_ms":1560000,"title":"A Family's Secret","summary":"The arrival of a wounded prisoner at the Langthaler farm and the family's decision to risk everything to hide him."}],"topics":["Mauthausen concentration camp","World War II history","Mühlviertler Hasenjagd","Nazi war crimes","Eyewitness testimony","Austrian history","Resistance and survival","Civilian complicity"],"duration_seconds":2027,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-austria-4385468/episodes/die-m-hlviertler-menschenjagd-2-3-t-ter-von-nebenan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-austria-4385468/die-m-hlviertler-menschenjagd-2-3-t-ter-von-nebenan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}