The Rise of the Nazis (TRIH eps 295-298)
1933 · Resource
This episode examines the rapid consolidation of Nazi power in Germany across early 1933. Using primary accounts (notably Joseph Goebbels' diary) and the work of historians such as Richard J. Evans and Ian Kershaw, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the steps from Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor (30 January 1933) through the Reichstag fire (27 February) and the Reichstag Fire Decree, to the March election and the Enabling Act that allowed Hitler to rule by decree. They describe how th...
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Around 1933
- World War II (1939)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- Discovery of penicillin (1928)
- Wall Street Crash (1929)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)