Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times

Jay Daniels
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This podcast will take you on a journey through time to the streets of Weimar and Nazi Germany and meet eyewitnesses who lived during one of the darkest periods of modern history. Join your host, Jay Daniels, as he explores these topics and more or visit the blog below. https://ordinarylivesextraordinarytimes.blog/

Episodes

  1. Jul 4

    Fire in the Reichstag

    The first days of Hitler's regime is oddly normal for most people. Most are still caught between the growing friction between the Communists and the Nazis, now with the full backing of the State. Thousands flock to Carnival to relax away from politics but the joys are cut short by the Reichstag Fire. Within hours, jackboots storm the streets and break down doors looking for conspirators and enemies. Episode Art Credit: Bundesarchive. CC BY-SA 4.0. Unedited.

    Fire in the Reichstag

  2. Jun 27

    Elections(3)

    Germany: 1932. Unemployment, political violence, and growing despair pushed millions to question whether democracy could still solve their problems. Through the words of ordinary Germans, diplomats, and historians, we explore how faith in a system begins to collapse and what rushes in to replace it. Cover Art: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-01330 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

    Elections(3)

  3. Jun 12

    A German Great Depression 1929-1930

    Germany looked healed. Jobs returned. Berlin glittered with modern culture and confidence. Then came 1929! In this episode of Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times, we step into the final years before collapse as the Great Depression tears through Weimar Germany. Nazis and Communists gain mass support which inevitably will lead to conflict. The seeds are watered and extremism bears fruit. Meet ordinary citizens who provide firsthand accounts as watch savings vanish, unemployment explode, families break under pressure. Let's step back in time!

  4. Mar 27

    Communists at the Cabaret

    This episode explores the world the Nazis destroyed. The rise of the German Communist Party, subsidized theater, legal equality, religious tolerance, queer culture. Let's step into history!

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This podcast will take you on a journey through time to the streets of Weimar and Nazi Germany and meet eyewitnesses who lived during one of the darkest periods of modern history. Join your host, Jay Daniels, as he explores these topics and more or visit the blog below. https://ordinarylivesextraordinarytimes.blog/

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