Category: Podcasts
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The Rise of Hitler 1929-1934 podcast
This revision podcast is relevant to both GCSE and IGCSE History students studying Nazi Germany. It is the second of two podcasts that present an explanation of the range of factors that contributed to the rise of Hitler. It goes into more detail than the briefer podcast that covers the entire 1919-1934 period. You could also…
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The Rise of Hitler 1919-1934
For more detail on the rise of Hitler, please see these expanded podcasts: The rise of Hitler 1919-29 The rise of Hitler 1929-34 The podcast begins in 1919 with an introduction to Hitler’s early attitudes and him taking control of the National Socialist German Workers Party (who became known as the Nazis). An overview is then…
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Why did Albert Einstein move to the USA in 1933?
Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933.
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Overview of the Reichstag Fire and its consequences
On the 27th February 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin was set on fire in an arson attack.
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The Night of the Long Knives, 30th June 1934
The 30th June 1934 saw the Nazis carry out a purge of their own party, when Hitler ordered the SS to murder leading figures of the SA or Brownshirts along with critics of the Nazi regime such as former chancellor von Schleicher.
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How Hitler became Führer after Hindenburg’s death
On the 2nd August 1934, the 86 year old German Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg died of lung cancer and Adolf Hitler became both the Führer and Reich Chancellor of the German People.
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The Saar plebiscite and reunion with Germany, 1935
On the 13th January 1935, the Territory of the Saar Basin voted to reunite with Germany.
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Hitler and the establishment of the Luftwaffe – a short overview
On 26th February 1935 Hitler formally established the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Nazi Control of Germany 1933-1945 (podcast)
This podcast examines the three broad ways through which the Nazis secured control of Germany. These are categorised as ‘the stick’ (repression and force), ‘the carrot’ (positive social and economic effects), and propaganda. The first method of control outlined in the podcast is repression, which began following the Reichstag Fire in 1933. The four key areas…