Part Three: How Heinrich Himmler Went From Nerdy Boy To Master of the SS

Behind the Bastards

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this episode we discuss Himmler's growing belief in the German occult movement, even as he rises to command the SS.

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0:00.0	Coalzo Media
0:02.9	Oh, welcome back to Behind the Bastards, a podcast about the baddest of the worst of people.
0:13.0	History, bad.
0:14.1	Heinrich Himmler episodes.
0:16.4	Let's go.
0:18.8	Heinrich.
0:20.0	It's a Tuesday. We don't normally record on Tuesdays. I never could, I, Enric. It's a Tuesday.
0:21.1	We don't normally record on Tuesdays.
0:22.9	I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.
0:25.2	How are you doing, prop, Jason Petty, our guest, host of hood politics.
0:29.9	Man.
0:30.5	Do you get Tuesdays, man?
0:33.5	Because I get to listen to Behind the Bastards on Tuesdays.
0:37.2	It's my, I look forward to Tuesdays.
0:40.6	Yes.
0:41.4	Excuse me.
0:42.6	Sorry.
0:44.3	I guess that's what I am now.
0:46.6	No, you're the best.
0:48.9	Well, I am, you know, just, hey guys, like, you think you want to be homeowners.
0:55.9	That's your PSA for today.
0:58.2	That's your PSA.
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