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Behind the Bastards

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

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, History

4.415.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Robert takes us up to Heinrich Himmler's adolescence and frustrating wait through the war years, which leads him into the world of far-right politics and eventually the welcoming arms of the Nazi party itself.

LIVE SHOW ALERT:

We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! All performer proceeds go to support the Portland Defense Fund.

Tickets: https://albertarosetheatre.com/event/behind-the-bastards-live/alberta-rose-theatre/portland-oregon/ 

Sources:

Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

THE CAREER OF HEINRICH HIMMLER_0001.pdf

Longerich, Peter. Heinrich Himmler: A Life (p. 13). OUP Oxford. Kindle 

The Unsuccessful Adolescence of Heinrich Himmler on JSTOR

An Architect of Terror: Heinrich Himmler and the Holocaust | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

An Architect of Terror: Heinrich Himmler and the Holocaust | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

"In Memory of the Girl in the Red Coat:" Heinrich Himmler’s Annotated Volumes of Mein Kampf

https://ia803406.us.archive.org/29/items/docuv3/Books/The%20Third%20Reich/The%20Celebrations%20in%20the%20Life%20of%20the%20SS%20Family%20by%20Fritz%20Weitzel%20%281939%29.pdf

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/himmlers-bridal-bootcamp-school-nazi-brides.html

https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/nazi-germany-1933-1945/himmler-s-secret-directive-to-all-members-of-the-ss-and-the-police-on-the-care-of-all-legitimate-and-illegitimate-children-of-good-blood-october-28-1939

https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Master-Dark-Arts-Yenne-ebook/dp/B004NNUY2Y

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/01/26/266698688/heinrich-himmlers-private-letters-published-in-german-newspaper

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-private-heinrich-himmler/id6505124720

https://www.amazon.com/Himmler-Evil-Genius-Third-Reich-ebook/dp/B01M2A6B3G/ref=sr_1_17?crid=E50LI9MCINFL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.z6x_l5l35NMXS2OQuWFaVyTyeQToCbFtWufYLO0Ky4L51lUaUoGgVfmp9dpb0YgMMGMBzk6Ds5M4KY8XSGQdvzs_UWlPu3KkmHJV0_w1Lis71gwuHqxL4QpDLUxg_RgLfXjB7BuAQbn7kAstKkyA7w_NZpcXTr-nDXe0RoewTewNaEu0ci8AQ1anNJXxG-Dy.nKYUB17tVmFaGgeBMu1awu8zpzoH45_FAeO3Um6YpBs&dib_tag=se&keywords=himmler+biography&qid=1756935132&sprefix=himmler+biography%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-17&xpid=KnVwOODWUvtST

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0:00.0

Call Zone Media

0:02.8

Hey everybody, Robert here, and behind the bastards, it's doing its first live show in quite some time at the Alberta Rose Theater in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, September 25th at 8 p.m.

0:15.7

All performer proceeds will go to the Portland Defense Fund, which helps people who have absolutely no money and are going to be relying on public defense, get bailed out, and get, you know, outside of court help while they're waiting to go on trial. So please help support the Portland Defense Fund. Google Alberta Rose Theater, T-H-E-A-T-R-E, Behind the Bastards Live.

0:38.7

If you just Google Alberta Rose Theater behind the bastards, it'll take you to the live show.

0:43.5

There's an E-Tix.com.

0:45.1

If you go to E-Tix.com behind the Bastards Live, you should be able to find it as well.

0:49.9

Again, all performer proceeds will benefit the Portland Defense Fund.

0:53.6

You can also go to at Defense Fund PDX on Venmo or type Donor Box Defense Fund PDX to donate directly to the Portland Defense Fund.

1:02.3

It's a 501C.

1:03.9

Please help them out.

1:05.6

And again, Behind the Bastards Live, the Alberta Rose Theater, September 25th, 2025 at 8 p.m.

1:11.4

I'll see you there.

1:15.4

I'm actually excited for the Nuremberg movie.

1:17.8

I don't know.

1:18.3

It looks like maybe they kind of didn't have the budget to make it as good as they could have.

1:21.8

But Russell Crow is really good casting for Herman Gering.

1:25.5

You love Russell Crow.

1:27.6

Well, I like him as an actor, but he's also, like Herman Garing is this guy who's a young man,

1:32.7

he's a fighter ace, he's super fit and like together and like a handsome celebrity.

1:38.1

And then as he gets older, like he puts on a lot of weight and has problems with addiction.

1:44.1

And like, yeah, Russell Crow is a really good guy to pick to play Gering as. like he puts on a lot of weight and has problems with addiction and like yeah

1:44.9

Russell Crow is a really good guy to pick to play garing late in life right?

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