Hitler's Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany — Fexingo History

About Hitler's Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany — Fexingo History

Adolf Hitler's Third Reich promised a thousand-year empire but collapsed in a mere twelve, leaving Europe in ruins. This show traces Nazi Germany from the ashes of the Weimar Republic to the bunker in Berlin, covering the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act, the Night of the Long Knives, Kristallnacht, the Blitzkrieg campaigns, the Holocaust, and the final Battle of Berlin. Hosts Lucas and Luna dissect key figures like Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Speer, and the resistance circles around Stauffenberg. They examine the Nazi economy, propaganda machinery, racial laws, and the complicity of ordinary Germans. The series also explores the war's Eastern Front, the turning point at Stalingrad, the opening of the second front on D-Day, and the post-war Nuremberg Trials. Why does the Third Reich still haunt our political imagination? Because its fusion of technology, terror, and charismatic leadership remains a stark warning about the fragility of democracy. #ThirdReich #NaziGermany #AdolfHitler #Holocaust #WorldWarII #Blitzkrieg #Stalingrad #NurembergTrials #WeimarRepublic #Kristallnacht #MeinKampf #Gestapo #SS #ReichstagFire #JulyPlot #EuropeanHistory #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

Publisher

Fexingo

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2026

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

231 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   The Wannsee Conference: Bureaucracy of the Holocaust

   On January 20, 1942, fifteen high-ranking Nazi officials gathered in a villa on Lake Wannsee to coordinate the logistics of genocide. This episode examines how Reinhard Heydrich convened the meeting not to decide on the extermination, which was already underway, but to streamline it through inter-agency cooperation. We explore the chilling efficiency of Adolf Eichmann’s notes, the presence of key figures from the Foreign Office and SS, and the bureaucratic euphemisms that transformed murder into administrative procedure. From the deportation lists to the racial classifications discussed in German, we uncover how the modern state apparatus was weaponized for the Endlösung der Judenfrage. The conversation also touches on the post-war fates of attendees like Ernst von Weizsäcker and the enduring legal questions raised by the conference minutes. #WannseeConference #ReinhardHeydrich #AdolfEichmann #HolocaustHistory #NaziBureaucracy #Endloesung #SSLeibstandarte #RSHA #GermanForeignOffice #JanKarski #Judenfrage #WWIIGermany #BerlinHistory #GenocideStudies #HistoricalJustice #FexingoHistory #HistoryPodcast #WorldWarTwo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   The Nuremberg Trials: Justice or Vengeance

   We left the bunker in Berlin and the chaos of May 1945, but the story didn't end with surrender. In this episode, we follow the legal architects who attempted to prosecute the Nazi leadership at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg. We explore the fraught creation of the International Military Tribunal, the strategic decision to hold trials on German soil, and the complex personalities of the prosecutors like Robert Jackson and Sidney Campbell. We also examine the defense strategies, including those of Franz von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht, and how the court grappled with crimes against humanity that had no precedent in international law. This is a deep dive into the moment the world tried to build a new legal order from the ashes of total war, examining whether it was true justice or merely victor's vengeance. #NurembergTrials #InternationalMilitaryTribunal #RobertJackson #HermannGoering #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #PostWWII #LegalHistory #NaziGermany #PalaceOfJustice #RudolfHoess #FranzvonPapen #HjalmarSchacht #VictorsJustice #GenevaConvention #HolocaustTrials #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   The Wannsee Conference: How Bureaucracy Killed Millions

   While the Eastern Front raged and the Reichstag burned, a quiet meeting took place in a villa on the shores of Lake Wannsee in Berlin. On January 20, 1942, fifteen Nazi officials gathered to coordinate the 'Final Solution.' This episode explores how the Holocaust was transformed from chaotic pogroms and mass shootings into an industrialized system of deportation and extermination. We examine the role of Adolf Eichmann, the bureaucratic efficiency of the SS, and the chillingly clinical language used to discuss genocide. By dissecting the minutes of this conference, we reveal how ordinary civil servants helped construct the machinery of death that would claim six million Jewish lives. #WannseeConference #AdolfEichmann #FinalSolution #HolocaustHistory #SSOfficer #NaziBureaucracy #BerlinVilla #January1942 #ReinhardHeydrich #DeportationTrains #ExterminationCamps #GermanCivilServants #WWIIEurope #ThirdReich #GenocideLogistics #FexingoHistory #HistoryPodcast #WorldWarII Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

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