Episode 131: Sir Richard Evans - How the Nazis Rose to Power

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.

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(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