Hitler's Takeover Was Completely Constitutional / Timothy Ryback

This Is Hell!

News

5 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Historian Timothy W. Ryback joins us to discuss his Atlantic essays, "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days: He used the constitution to shatter the constitution," "The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps," and, "‘Herr Hitler, Do You Really Believe Me Capable of Such a Dirty Trick?’ The chancellor rewarded loyalty with loyalty. Until he didn’t." Timothy is director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He is the author of several books on Hitler’s Germany, most recently, "Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Timothy's writing at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/timothy-w-ryback/ Check out his new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727483/takeover-by-timothy-w-ryback/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Take it back in the end of the
0:05.0	The water
0:06.0	Take a cap! Are you a good This is making back.
0:30.6	This is hell.
0:46.1	Staring into the abyss, so you don't have to.
0:50.9	This is hell.
0:53.7	And in that bottomless pit, that hell, fascism can likely be found the frightening prospect of an ultra-nationalist, dictatorial, autocratic, authoritarian social hierarchy that forcibly silences all opposition through violence, even death, all in the name of the nation or race.
1:14.0	It's a shambling specter that has haunted humanity for far.
1:19.8	Far too long.
1:21.5	Many, fearing the worst, see the rise of fascism in the current executive branch,
1:26.5	and throughout the federal government
1:28.3	during these the first few weeks of the second Trump administration.
1:34.2	It's no wonder, with the far right currently in power, engaging in salutes at their conventions
1:39.7	that remind audiences of the followers of one Adolf Hitler.
1:45.9	There's also the chorus of racist dog whistles,
1:51.0	which have come out of the closet and seem to have formed an entire marching band.
1:55.7	Maybe it's time we start asking ourselves,
1:58.6	how did Hitler do it anyway? How did he overthrow democracy?
2:05.5	How did he take over Germany? Our guest in a few minutes will be historian Timothy W. Ryback,
2:13.9	who recently posted the Atlantic essay, How Hitler Dismaneled the Democracy in 53 days, for those of you who are keeping score at home.
2:23.7	We will be 53 days into the Trump presidency on Wednesday, March 13th.
2:31.3	So mark your calendars now, Wednesday, March 13th, because you will want to get that special
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from This Is Hell!, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of This Is Hell! and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.