Hitler's Swiss Enclave - The Story of Wilhelm Gustloff
As the Third Reich rises in Germany, Switzerland suffers with its own problems with National Socialism, and its own identity. Overshadowed by its neighbours, fractured by its cantons, the nation has t...
30 Tammi 20231h 3min
Resistance: The Edelweißpiraten
In this episode of Achtung! History Simon J. James returns to the tales of resistance to the National Socialist regime of Germany. It is a common perception that the National Socialist regime of Germ...
1 Joulu 20211h 11min
The Man with a Thousand Faces Act II
He was one of the greatest conmen of the 20th century, but after the failed Kapp Putsch in Berlin 1920 he was persona non grata in most European nations. So how did Ignatius Trebitsch continue to stri...
8 Marras 202154min
The Week that Was - Episode 1 - 25th October 1926
Achtung! Achtung! Journey back to the events of a city long lost, Berlin in 1926. With music and real events from the Welthauptstadt Berlin. This is a trial episode.
29 Loka 202125min
The First Soldier of the Third Reich - Schlageter
His name became infamous, his story legend. But today the name Schlageter has faded into history, so who was Schlageter and why did Adolf Hitler proclaim him to be 'The First Soldier of the Third Reic...
11 Loka 202159min
The Battle of Großbeeren
A small victory or the turning point in the Napoleonic wars? Find out about the oft forgotten Battle of Großbeeren in this weeks episode of Achtung! History. A special thanks to Katja Hoyer for her i...
30 Elo 202139min
Death in the Landwehr
How did the discovery of the body of a man in the Landwehrkanal in Berlin in August 1919 lead to the exposing of and the collapse of the much of the Police Informant ring. And what did one man have to...
16 Elo 202134min
