Goodbye Hitler: A Story for Our Times

Hugh Hales-Tooke
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'Goodbye Hitler, A Story For Our Times' is a dramatic comedy that I'm reading in 21 episodes. It's set in Germany in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, and centers on Greta Albrecht, a glamorous film executive, her husband Bernard, who is a physicist and expert on rocket propulsion, and their precociously clever thirteen-year-old daughter Hanna, who gets the family into deep trouble.

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  1. 2d ago

    EPISODE 9

    00:00:36 Chapter 39: A Soggy HandkerchiefHanna introduces Greta to the goats and tries to explain her change of identity. 00:07:57 Chapter 40: Leni RiefenstahlGreta is introduced to the filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who may inherit the film Fritz Lang was about to make before fleeing the country. Greta must be careful in explaining her close relationship with the now-disgraced director. 00:29:17 Chapter 41: In the CarGreta explains the conventional process of making a documentary to Riefenstahl, who is aroused by Greta's beauty. 00:30:31 Chapter 42: Police ReformGreta attempts to get Riefenstahl out of the documentary about police reform.

    EPISODE 9

  2. Aug 22

    EPISODE 8

    00:00:36 Chapter 35. The Journey.Greta is a novice driver, but she must take charge of driving the Bentley on the long journey across Germany to the village. 00:23:16 Chapter 36. The KeysGreta doesn't understand why Bernard stops to refuel the stolen car rather than dumping it. The gas station is owned by a Brownshirt, triggering Bernard's trauma. 00:29:21 Chapter 37. The Bad CheckGreta discovers that Bernard has made a bad decision. He is oddly giddy. He doesn't seem normal. 00:32:08 Chapter 38. The ArchitectGreta tours the rental houses and learns of Hanna's change of identity.

    EPISODE 8

  3. Aug 15

    EPISODE 7

    00:00:35. Chapter 30. The FarmerHelene and Hanna visit the neighboring farm, and Hanna decides to become 'Alex.' 00:08:49. Chapter 31. Country GirlHanna surprises her mother by asking about her father's disappearance. 00:09:57. Chapter 32. Moving the Goat ShedLeo recruits two communists from the Opel factory to move the goat shed. 00:21:53. Chapter 33. The SlapGreta is awoken by a surprise visitor in the night. 00:28:44. Chapter 34. SleepwalkerGreta reclaims Bernard's father's suits from the tailor, in preparation for a journey.

    EPISODE 7

  4. Aug 8

    EPISODE 6

    00:00:35 Chapter 24. A Description of the Village.On the drive down to Klausflorsheim, Helene and Leo tell Hanna about life in the country. 00:11:25 Chapter 25. The Sanitary Engineer.Leo and Helene show Hanna the amenities in their newly built modern house. 00:16:35 Chapter 26. Von Levetzow.Bismarck pays a visit to Marcus von Levetzow, a former colleague in the Navy, now the Prefect of Berlin Police, to ask for his help in finding Bernard. 00:20:24 Chapter 27. Father Max.Father Max, the Catholic priest in the village, explains that there are dark undercurrents beneath the apparently tranquil surface of village life. 00:30:39 Chapter 28. First Aid.Greta falls over in the drive. She hasn't been the same since she banged her head. 00:33:02 Chapter 29. First Day.Leo is excited about his first day as head of engineering at Opel but feels guilty about feeling happy.

    EPISODE 6

  5. Aug 1

    EPISODE 5

    00:00:36. Chapter 17. The Police Presidium, BerlinGreta goes to police headquarters in search of Bernard. 00:15:53. Chapter 18. Bismarck's OfficeBismarck is bewitched by Greta. 00:19:20. Chapter 19. The ReleaseGreta, exhilarated that she can prove Bernard's innocence, goes back to the police presidium. 00:21:30. Chapter 20. GoldfishGreta goes next door to use her neighbor's phone to tell Leo the good news. 00:23:59. Chapter 21. The Detention BlockBismarck goes to the detention block to try and get the details of Bernard's release. 00:27:38. Chapter 22. MapsLeo and Helene drop Hanna off. Hanna is suspicious that her father is not home. 00:29:57. Chapter 23. The Old RegimeBismarck thinks back to his illness, and news of the evils of the new government brought by his estranged son, including imprisonment without trial termed 'Protective Custody.'

    EPISODE 5

  6. Jul 25

    EPISODE 4

    00:00:36 Chapter 12 — The DripLeo wastes a week before the dreaded meeting with his father. He tours the Opel factory, recalls his job interview, and also meeting Bernard for the first time at Cambridge University. 00:21:08 Chapter 13 — Earlier in the Police CarBernard pays the price for a childish gesture of defiance towards his father. 00:23:20 Chapter 14 — The Block WardenThe neighbor, on his way to interview for a job in the Nazi Party, takes Greta to the doctor. 00:26:46 Chapter 15 — Doctor MartensGreta tries not to smile and gets two stitches. 00:28:54 Chapter 16 — Neubabelsberg Police StationGreta goes to the local police station in search of Bernard, then later has an encounter with the hateful Marlena Schultz while on her way to her office at the film studio.

    EPISODE 4

  7. Jul 18

    EPISODE 3

    Chapter 9 The Cooking Lesson 00:00:36Hanna finds out more about her Jewish identity and is bewitched by her cousin Ruth. Greta reconciles with her mother. Chapter 10 Bernard drives to Stettiner station to meet Greta and Hanna 00:12:43Bernard's thoughts on the drive to the station. He is irritated that his best friend Leo refuses to even consider that the Nazi government may be short-lived. An incident at the station gets Bernard into big trouble. Chapter 11 Conclusion 00:24:29Hans meets Hanna and confirms that Marlene Schultz is now convinced that the family is Jewish. The events of the previous evening catch up with Bernard. Greta suffers a head injury.

    EPISODE 3

  8. Jul 11

    EPISODE 2

    Chapter 5 Leo and Bernard 00:00:37 Bernard's best friend Leo visits while in Berlin to sign paperwork relating to his father's business holdings. He urges Bernard to join him in Rüsselsheim, where he has just been appointed head of engineering at the Opel automobile plant. Chapter 6 The Letter 00:10:37 Greta's father has a stroke. She goes to her parents' home in Danzig with Hanna, but before they leave, Hanna makes another serious mistake. Chapter 7 On the Train to Danzig 00:20:06 Sometimes Greta finds herself not liking her daughter. Sometimes it's easy to see why. Chapter 8 Danzig 00:24:11 Hanna is shocked to observe herself in the way that Greta talks to her own mother. Greta begins to reconcile with the past. Hanna learns more about being Jewish.

    EPISODE 2

  9. Jul 4

    EPISODE 1

    Chapter 1 Sports Day 00:00:33 An introduction to the Albrecht family who live in Neubabelsberg, an affluent suburb a few miles outside Berlin, which was the center of the German film industry Chapter 2 Fritz Lang 00:10:32 Hanna is bursting to tell her mother about something exciting that just happened to her, but she is in the kitchen deep in conversation with the great film director Fritz Lang.   Chapter 3 Intelligence 00:16:22 Hanna is a talented spy, listening in on her parents talking and arguing through her bedroom wall: her way of finding out really what is going on in her world and the world at large. Chapter 4 The Picnic 00:24:39  Hanna joins the in-crowd: Hans the star athlete and a group of girls considered ‘interesting’ at school for a picnic: the inciting incident for the story.

    EPISODE 1

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    'Goodbye Hitler, A Story For Our Times' is a dramatic comedy that I'm reading in 21 episodes. It's set in Germany in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, and centers on Greta Albrecht, a glamorous film executive, her husband Bernard, who is a physicist and expert on rocket propulsion, and their precociously clever thirteen-year-old daughter Hanna, who gets the family into deep trouble.

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'Goodbye Hitler, A Story For Our Times' is a dramatic comedy that I'm reading in 21 episodes. It's set in Germany in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, and centers on Greta Albrecht, a glamorous film executive, her husband Bernard, who is a physicist and expert on rocket propulsion, and their precociously clever thirteen-year-old daughter Hanna, who gets the family into deep trouble.

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