This is a CBS Island World. I'm John Bachelor. It is January 28th, 1933, the New Year.

Berlin, there's a party tonight, a press party, a celebration of elitism. At the same time there is intrigue on Wilhelm Strassa because

Strasser is being romanced by Schleker and Hindenburg.

Hitler is concerned that he's being iced out or elbowed out, but none of that is true because

Schleker has a plan that is going to solve everybody's difficulty and elbow them out of the way.

Schleker, remember his Minister of Defense, or at least he believes he is

Timnenburg to confront Hindenburg with his choices. Tim, this is the best scene that I never knew existed.

All I ever had, all those years of reading about January 33 is for reasons that were not explained

to Hindenburg offered the chancelorship to Hitler and that was the end of democracy. That was the end of peace in Europe.

The meeting between Schleiker and Hindenburg is far more profound to explain what's going on.

What is Schleker one at this point?

What does he tell Hindenburg his options are?

What is he what Schleicha had

had manipulated the situation

first brought popping into power as his puppet.

Then when he saw the op, this was in the spring of 32, when he saw the op this was in the spring of 32 when he saw the opportunity to

remove pop and and replace popin with himself he did this in December of 32. So suddenly Schleicha finds

himself both as Minister of Defense and as Chancellor. So head of the military and head of the government, you know, simply after the President,

the most powerful man in the country with all the key levers of power. But what Hindenburg still

wants is a functioning

right stagh, he wants a, this is a constitutional democracy, a constitutional

republic.

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