The legendary and renowned historian of the Third Reich, Professor Sir Richard Evans challenges and debunks many myths and conspiracy theories relating to Hitler and Nazi Germany.

"The idea that nothing happens by chance in history, that nothing is quite what it seems to be at first sight, that everything is the result of the secret machinations of malign groups of people manipulating everything from behind the scenes - these notions are as old as history itself. But conspiracy theories are becoming more popular and more widespread in the twenty-first century. Nowhere have they become more obvious than in revisionist accounts of the history of the Third Reich. Long-discredited conspiracy theories have taken on a new lease of life, given credence by claims of freshly discovered evidence and novel angles of investigation." ~The Hitler Conspiracies Synopsis.

In this episode, Sir Evans leads us into history, historiography and the dangers of conspiracy theories and fictions that are presented as alternative truth.

Join us as we attack and forever lay to rest these five conspiracy theories:

(1) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, its origins and its supposed influence on the Nazis.

(2) The Stab in the Back, the myth and fictitious propaganda that the German Army was stabbed in the back by Jews and Socialists.

(3) That the Nazis burned down the Reichstag in order to seize power.

(4) That Rudolph Hess flew to Germany on a mission by Adolf Hitler only for the mission to be suppressed by Winston Churchill.

(5) That Hitler didn't commit suicide but instead fled Berlin and made his way to a foreign land.

Thoroughly, this great historian and scholar valiantly leads us on a journey through history, misinformation and lies to forever set the record straight in a most knightly and valiant manner, while leaving us with a sobering message and that is the daily attack that history is under from those wish to bend it to their agenda and will. And we are reminded that it is our job to make history matter and ensure that it is taught rightly and correctly.

Preorder your copy today: https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Conspiracies-Protocols-Reichstag-Rudolf/dp/0190083050/

Music Attribution.

Adolf Hitler Speech at Krupp Factory in Germany (1935) British Pathé

Das Lied der Deutschen [Former German anthem][ English translation]

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