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1 We have a fantastic series of shows coming up looking at the rise of the Third Reich and the path to war. We will look at Germany's complicated relationships with Poland and the Soviet Union. We'll also discuss some of the pre-war politicians and even where alcohol fits in

2 On January 20th renowned historian Mark Roseman will start the series with a presentation about Wannsee on the 80th anniversary of the conference


Who was there, what was planned, and why is studying it still vitally important today?

3 Next up will be @hoyer_kat talking about the always fascinating inter-war period - the end of the Second Reich and the rise of the Third. I've been wanting an excuse to invite Katja on as a guest for some time
January 23rd

4 Edward B. Westermann will reveal how scenes involving alcohol consumption and revelry among the SS and police became a routine part of rituals of humiliation in the camps, ghettos, and killing fields of Eastern Europe.
January 24th

5 I'm delighted that @Dr_Helen_Roche will talk to us about Germany's educational institutions and how the Third Reich trained its future leaders. Thus creating a generation of Nazis imbued with a fanatical hatred.
January 25th

6 On January 26th @Roger_Moorhouse will talk about the Third Reich's ambitions in Poland and and beyond and the German invasion in 1939. Roger is another historian I've been wanting to have on as a guest for a long time

7 Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff are best known as Generals in the First World War, but also played a key role in the turbulent politics of the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis. With guest historian Alexander Clifford
January 27th

8 In the final show of the series Ian Ona Johnson will talk about the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. His book "Faustian Bargain" offers a definitive exploration of a shadowy but fateful alliance
January 28th

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