Jun 2025

#243 The Birth of the University System

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll dive into the birth of the university system, a cornerstone of modern education that began in medieval Europe. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_crea ... Show More

3m 40s

Jun 2025

#242 The Spanish Inquisition

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll dive into the history of the Spanish Inquisition, one of the most infamous institutions of medieval Europe. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator ... Show More

3m 46s

May 2025

#241 Galileo and the Telescope

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll dive into the story of Galileo Galilei and his groundbreaking use of the telescope, which forever changed our understanding of the universe. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink& ... Show More

3m 51s

Jun 2024

A 21st-century Holocaust trial

In October 2019 Bruno Dey went on trial in Hamburg for his involvement in a horrific crime – 75 years after that crime had been committed. Dey was now an old man but in his youth he had served as a guard in Stutthof concentration camp, where thousands of people had been murdered ... Show More

33m 38s

Jul 2022

Hitler’s Henchmen: Heinrich Himmler Pt. 2

With his power secured, Himmler began a wave of terror that started in Germany and spread throughout Europe. Today we’re covering how he convinced Hitler to sanction the Nuremberg Laws, supplied Hitler with the pretext to invade Poland, and developed the Final Solution in a devas ... Show More

50m 9s

Jan 2025

A History of Auschwitz

On January 27th 1945, the Red Army liberated the concentration camp at Auschwitz unveiling its almost unspeakable horrors to the world.  The concentration camp system began almost immediately after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. It was an int ... Show More

58m 31s

Feb 2025

Hitler Stands Trial

February 26, 1924. 10 Defendants enter a courtroom in Munich. They are being charged with an attempted coup. They tried to overthrow the government of the Weimar Republic… and almost succeeded. All eyes are on the second defendant to enter the room. When the judge reads this man’ ... Show More

29m 47s

Oct 2025

Episode 639: Heinrich Himmler Part III - The Dachau Spirit

The boys pick back up with the story of Heinrich Himmler, as the Nazis lock down Germany following the Reichstag Fire. Himmler helps build the Nazi police state, with Dachau becoming the prototype for the Nazi concentration camps. For Live Shows, Merch, and M ... Show More

1h 59m

Jul 2022

Hitler’s Henchmen: Heinrich Himmler Pt. 1

He was a ruthless sycophant who carried out Hitler’s orders with utter savagery. Once a far-right university radical, Heinrich Himmler rose to become a leading member of the Nazi party and one of the principal architects of the Holocaust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p ... Show More

49m 56s

Sep 2025

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

Robert sits down with Prop to discuss the early life of Heinrich Himmler, the man who built the SS into Hitler's engine of genocide. (6 part series) LIVE SHOW ALERT: We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! Al ... Show More

1h 10m

Jan 2025

The big questions of the Holocaust

How did the Nazis’ poisonous antisemitic rhetoric eventually culminate in the systematic mass-murder of millions? Speaking to Rachel Dinning back in 2023, historian Laurence Rees charts the course of the Holocaust – from its origins to its devastating conclusion. Holocaust Memor ... Show More

44m 23s

Jul 2025

Part One: Adolf Eichmann: Mr. Holocaust Himself

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to discuss one of the worst Nazis: Adolf Eichmann, a major architect of the Holocaust. (4 Part Series) Sources: Adolf Eichmann (1906 -1962) | American Experience | Official Site | PBS The Complete Story of the Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichman ... Show More

1h 1m

Jan 2017

Episode 8: Nazi Germany Outlines "Final Solution"

Few could imagine the extent of Nazi Germany's antisemitic policies. The Wannsee Conference, held in January of 1942, outlined the horrific "Final Solution" to exterminate the European Jewish population.

3m 11s

#244 The Process of Adolf Eichmann