Episode Details

Walter speaks with independent researcher Thomas Frederik about his research into overlooked 20th-century history. Frederik details his book examining 90 Jewish lives that unexpectedly intersected with Adolf Hitler before and during his rise to power. The discussion explores Dr. Carl Croner, the Jewish doctor whose hypnosis session cured Hitler's hysterical blindness in World War I and inadvertently inspired his political ambitions. It also highlights Hitler's long-standing gratitude toward Dr. Eduard Bloch, his mother's physician, as well as the Jewish art dealers who kept him financially afloat in Vienna. Finally, Frederik reveals the surprising background of Magda Goebbels and outlines his thesis on Hitler's split personality as a political opportunist.