Apr 2023

Early Years: The Stormtroopers Arrive

Hitler decides he needs an army of his own. The Nazis create a new paramilitary unit - the Sturmabteilung, or SA. These hooligans take National Socialism onto the streets. Hitler assembles an executive team of deputies. They include Ernst Röhm - an army insider with a stockpile o ... Show More

38m 37s

Apr 2023

Early Years: Hitler’s Secret Book

The Nazis kickstart their media operation. Desperate to be an icon, Hitler pens a secret autobiography, where he compares his own rise to Jesus’s resurrection. French and Belgian troops cross the German border, while the economy goes into meltdown. Amidst the turmoil, the Nazis p ... Show More

34m 35s

Apr 2023

Early Years: The Day of Treason

The Nazi leader launches his very own assault on power: the Munich Putsch. Under cover of darkness, the SA prepare to storm locations across the city. Hitler himself prepares to kidnap a senior politician. Will the Nazis take over Germany? Or will they fail and fade back into obs ... Show More

32m 7s

Apr 2021

Adolf Hitler Part 4: The Spy Becomes the Nazi Leader

Hitler is sent undercover, tasked with spying on a band of extremists. But he soon falls under their spell and breaks cover to join their ranks. They will soon become the Nazi Party, and this new recruit their leader. Under a new mentor, Adolf Hitler finds his voice. His march to ... Show More

38m 40s

May 2021

Adolf Hitler Part 7: The Day of Treason

In the final part of Hitler’s Early Years, the Nazi leader launches his very own assault on power: the Munich Putsch. Under cover of darkness, the SA prepare to storm locations across Munich. Hitler himself prepares to kidnap a senior politician. Will the Nazis take over Germany? ... Show More

35m 24s

Mar 2022

Adolf Hitler Seizes Power (Part 12)

As Hitler-mania sweeps the land, the Nazis win an election landslide. But Hitler finds himself shut out by the Prussian elite, at least until he can grind them into submission. Finally, the unthinkable happens. Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. A Noiser production, writ ... Show More

56m 29s

Sep 2025

Part Five: How Heinrich Himmler Went From Nerdy Boy To Master of the SS

As the Nazis take total power, Heinrich Himmler must build the SS into a power that can defeat his new enemy: other Nazis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 8m

Feb 2023

Adolf Hitler: Unassailable Führer (Part 15)

This is Part 15 of the Hitler Story. You can start listening here. Or, scroll down the Real Dictators feed for episodes on Hitler’s early years and rise to power. We pick up the tale in the mid-1930s. From struggling artist to veteran soldier of the trenches, now Hitler is transf ... Show More

57m 3s

Apr 2021

Adolf Hitler Part 5: The Stormtroopers Arrive

Hitler decides he needs an army of his own. The Nazis create a new paramilitary unit – the Sturmabteilung, or SA. These hooligans take National Socialism onto the streets. Hitler assembles an executive team of deputies. They include Ernst Röhm - an army insider with a stockpile o ... Show More

40m 32s

Apr 2021

Adolf Hitler Part 6: Hitler’s Secret Book

The Nazis kickstart their media operation. Desperate to be an icon, Hitler pens a secret autobiography, where he compares his own rise to Jesus’s resurrection. French and Belgian troops cross the German border, while the economy goes into meltdown. Amidst the turmoil, the Nazis p ... Show More

35m 29s

Apr 2020

Adolf Hitler Pt. 1

Many have wondered how someone as evil as Adolf Hitler came to power. Between his rise from anonymous artist to fanatical dictator, his obsession with so-called miracle weapons, and his final days in an underground bunker, some feel as though there is more to Hitler's story. Lear ... Show More

40m 4s

Mar 2022

Hitler: Night of the Long Knives (Part 14)

To ward off the Western Allies, Hitler takes a trip to Venice to visit Mussolini. At home, meanwhile, Hitler’s paramilitaries, the SA, are growing restless. In a final savage act, the mother of all purges, Hitler will liquidate anyone who has ever wronged him. Under the unassaila ... Show More

55m 59s

Jan 2023

Introducing Nazis: The Road to Power

From the producers of Nuremberg, the story of how in just 13 years, Adolf Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominant force in German politics. It is also about the forgotten players from these early years who played crucial r ... Show More

2m 48s

Early Years: The Spy Becomes the Nazi Le...