Hitler: Night of the Long Knives (Part 14)

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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To ward off the Western Allies, Hitler takes a trip to Venice to visit Mussolini. At home, meanwhile, Hitler’s paramilitaries, the SA, are growing restless. In a final savage act, the mother of all purges, Hitler will liquidate anyone who has ever wronged him. Under the unassailable German Führer, the Third Reich will begin… A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. Scroll to Season 2 for episodes on Hitler’s early years. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	It's June the 14th, 1934. A large silver transport plane descends from an azure sky.
0:41.0	It banks out over the Adriatic before coming in low on its approach towards the island
0:47.0	city of Venice. At the airfield of the Venice Lido, the plane touches down and bounces along the grass.
0:57.0	A glorious Sommer's day?
0:59.6	One of the world's most spectacular locations? A nice little excursion you'd have thought, but this is
1:07.6	nothing of the sword.
1:10.8	This is the final part of Hitler's rise to power, Adolf Hitler is in a deep dark funk.
1:34.0	Despite his extensive aerial election campaigning,
1:38.0	he's still not a comfortable flyer.
1:40.0	That never helps his mood.
1:42.0	Plus, his host today, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, has been overheard describing the new German leader as a muddle-headed fool.
1:54.2	But it's more than that, it's the sheer indignity of the trip.
1:58.9	Going cap in hand to another?
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