TLPP: National Socialism Expert Dr. Rainer Zitelmann

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Dr. Rainer Zitelmann — historian, author, and one of the world's leading experts on Hitler and National Socialism — joins Lou to discuss something that would be unthinkable in the United States: he's currently under criminal investigation in Germany for retweeting a meme comparing Putin to Hitler. Zitelmann, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Hitler and has spent decades studying National Socialism, shared a post drawing a parallel between Hitler's promises before invading Czechoslovakia and Putin's promises before invading Ukraine. The result? A letter from the Berlin police and thousands of dollars in legal fees — with potentially more to come. They dig into Germany's Section 86a speech laws, how legislation designed to stop neo-Nazis is now being used against libertarians, historians, and center-right journalists, the government-funded neighbor-reporting hotlines that echo the Stasi, why cancel culture has escalated into legal repression across Europe, and what it means for free speech when even the people who know the history best can't reference it. They also get into Rainer's new book New Space Capitalism (Skyhorse Publishing) — the case for private property rights in space, how SpaceX has done what 50 years of government programs couldn't, and why capitalism is the only system that has ever actually worked, on Earth or anywhere else. Pre-order New Space Capitalism: Search "New Space Capitalism" on Amazon Follow Rainer: RainerZitelmann.com Lou's book: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r Watch Lou's sketch comedy on Red Coral Universe: https://redcoraluniverse.com/en/serie... XX-XY Athletics — 20% off with code LOU20: https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_r... Substack: www.substack.com/@louperez Newsletter: www.TheLouPerez.com Listen: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lo... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7e... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d..... YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Lou Perez is a comedian, author, and producer. He's appeared on Gutfeld!, FOX News Primetime, and One Nation with Brian Kilmeade. He was Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning We the Internet TV, and his sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck" has over 20 million views. He hosts The Lou Perez Podcast on the Lions of Liberty Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.6	to the Lou Perez Podcasts on the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network. And today is a very special day because I have Reiner Zittlman on. And Reiner is an author. He's written and edited many books. He has a new book coming out called New Space Capitalism, but this conversation isn't necessarily a book promotion. We're talking about some hot water that Reiner has gotten into in Germany.
1:07.5	Reiner, for one, thank you so much for coming on. And just to bring everybody up to speed,
1:13.5	you are currently under criminal investigation for retweeting a tweet comparing President Vladimir Putin to Hitler.
1:25.3	And this is happening in Germany. That's kind of like the summary of it.
1:29.9	Can you please go into detail?
1:33.3	Yes, this is correct.
1:34.8	And first of all, it's the first time in my life.
1:38.0	It never happens to me before.
1:39.8	In June, I will get 69.
1:41.5	I had never any problems with police or something.
1:46.0	And some weeks ago, I received a letter from the police Berlin
1:52.0	that there's a criminal investigation against me.
1:56.0	And first, I didn't know why and what happened.
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