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Jan 2012
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Episode 2-Nazi Politics, 1929-1933

Ray Harris Jr
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Episode covers German politics and the rise of the Nazi Party from the Great Depression until Hitler comes to power in January 1933. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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