History Off the Page
Entertaining lectures on European history by college professor Dr. Jason Hansen (Furman University) that help explain how the modern world came to be. Covers culture and technology in addition to politics, with focus on France, Germany, England, Russia and more. Latest episodes help explain history of Israel and Palestine conflict and the Russia Ukraine war.
Podcasting since 2021 • 75 episodes
History Off the Page
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Building the Nazi Dictatorship I: Eliminating the Oppostion (1933) [1_42]
On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany. While this was certainly an important historical moment, it's worth noting that Hitler was not yet a dictator. He faced a number of legal and practical limitations on his power, an...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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1:35:10
Nazis 1932-1933: Winning the Ladder Game [1_41]
On January 30, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as the country's new Chancellor, the third attempt in less than a year to create a stable German government. The result of course was dicta...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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1:20:26
Nazis 1930-32: the Collapse of Democracy [1_40]
In October 1929, the New York stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression. With their economy closely tied to the supply of cheap American capital, Germans felt the impact of the crash more acutely than most other nations. So...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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51:50
Rise of the SS (1923-1934) [Partial Patreon Preview]
In the spring of 1925, a newly free Adolf Hitler ordered his bodyguard/chauffeur Julius Schreck to create a new protection detail. Eventually known as the SS, its membership would fluctuate between 250 and 1000 men over the next four years. And...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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38:00
Nazis 1928-1930: Electoral War [1_39]
In the Reichstag elections of May 1928, the Nazi Party took home just 2.6% of the vote. Two years later they would explode onto the German political scene, taking 18.3% of the vote and becoming the second largest party in Germany. This episode ...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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