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Real Dictators

Hitler: The Gathering Storm... (Part 16)

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hitler expands the Third Reich, annexing Austria and the Sudetenland. Britain and France seek a diplomatic solution at the Munich Conference. But how long will appeasement keep war at bay? Meanwhile, the Nazis stir up an orgy of anti-Jewish violence, Kristallnacht... A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. This is Part 16 of the Hitler Story. Scroll down the Real Dictators feed for episodes on Hitler’s early years and rise to power. 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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0:00.0

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0:29.6

Lauheim, Southwest Germany. November the 10th, 1938.

0:37.0

At 5 a.m. Hans Kitzinger's alarm goes off.

0:41.0

He's a fireman. He's on the early shift. He dresses, grabs a slice of black bread,

0:47.0

wolves a mouthful of coffee, and in the cold and dark hops on his bicycle.

0:56.0

Even in the early hours creaking across the cobbles,

0:59.0

Hans can sense something is not right.

1:02.0

The town should be asleep, but there's a commotion up ahead.

1:08.1

Outside the fire station a crowd is gathered, noisy, excitable, and in some cases quite drunk. There are men linking arms, blocking

1:17.6

the doors. Hans spots a colleague. He has a bruised face, there's a trickle of blood. What the

1:25.1

hell is going on? He was assaulted, says his workmate, for trying to respond to

1:31.0

an incident across town.

1:33.2

Where?

1:34.4

The synagogue.

1:37.1

Hans pleads with the mob to stand aside.

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