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 Jan 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 Dec 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 Nov 202154min
The Man With A Thousand Faces Act I
Discover the incredible, true story, of possibly the 20th centuries greatest con man, a man who defrauded the Church of England, and wiggled his way not only into British Government but also into two ...
25 Okt 20211h
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 Okt 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 Aug 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 Aug 202134min
