Shadow Before the Flame with author Catherine Grace Katz: Episode 320

This week on History Happy Hour: On May 6, 1937, the majestic German zeppelin Hindenburg arrived in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Suddenly, a titanic inferno lit up the sky, and within seconds the proud symbol of Nazi Germany was gone.

Historian Catherine Grace Katz returns to History Happy Hour to talk about her new book Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and Prelude to War.

Catherine Grace Katz holds degrees in history from Harvard and Cambridge, and received a J.D. from Harvard law School. She was on History Happy Hour six years ago, in October 2020, to talk about her book Daughters of Yalta.