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Real Dictators

Hitler: The Reichstag Fire

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Installed as Chancellor, Hitler briefs his army chiefs to prepare for war. But first, he must deal with enemies at home… After the German parliament building is set ablaze, Hitler seizes the opportunity to eliminate all political opposition. His opponents will be dragged away to the first of the infamous camps. 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because

0:05.4

I'm a bit for homebody and I love a 5th but I think it's just the holiday period is just

0:10.7

for me it's the most romantic period and I think anyone who's listened to my records

0:15.9

will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

0:18.8

Joy in every sip with red carp snout back at Starbucks.

0:28.1

Then the evening of Monday, February 27, 1933 puts the hamstangle the Nazi press chief

0:37.0

is having a lie down.

0:39.4

He should have been at Joseph Goebbels' apartment tonight, dining with Adolf Hitler.

0:45.0

But, felled by a touch of flu, he snuggled up in his temporary quarters within Herman Goebbels'

0:51.0

official residence, the palace of the Reichstag president.

0:56.0

At 9.30pm, hamstangle is rudely awakened.

0:59.3

It's the housekeeper.

1:01.9

It takes a moment for his fog to clear, but there can be no mistaking her words.

1:07.3

The Reichstag she's shrieking.

1:09.4

It's on fire.

1:11.7

Hamstangle staggers to the window, to the south of the silhouettes of the capital's grand

1:16.8

buildings, the foreign ministry, the Rekoko splendor of the Reich chancelry, the great frame

1:23.2

of the Brandenburg Gate.

1:25.6

But, to the west, just across the way, the sky is a glow.

1:30.7

Angry flames are looking at the great glass dome of the German parliament building.

1:35.7

A pole of black smoke billows into the night.

1:39.9

With sirens rising in the background, hamstangle scrambles for the phone.

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