Episode 1218
In this episode of pplpod, we profile Adolf Hitler, the Austrian-born dictator whose leadership of the Nazi Party led to the outbreak of World War II and the perpetration of the Holocaust. We trace his origins from a "morose" student in constant conflict with his father to a failed artist living in Vienna’s homeless shelters, where he first absorbed the antisemitic and Pan-German rhetoric that would shape his ideology,,.
We examine his transformation during World War I, where he was decorated for bravery but radicalized by the "stab-in-the-back" myth following Germany’s defeat,. Discover how he utilized hypnotic oratory and propaganda to rise from a beer hall agitator—imprisoned after a failed coup—to the Chancellor of Germany, dismantling the Weimar Republic to establish a totalitarian dictatorship,,,.
Finally, we discuss the catastrophic consequences of his rule, including his aggressive pursuit of Lebensraum ("living space") and the systematic state-sponsored murder of approximately six million Jews and millions of other victims,. We end with his final days in the Führerbunker, where he married Eva Braun and committed suicide as the Soviet Army advanced, leaving behind a legacy of unprecedented "physical and moral" ruination.
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