Winthrop Bell: a Canadian spy who predicted Nazi horrors
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🗓️ 26 February 2024
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| 0:30.1 | Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. |
| 0:43.3 | On today's podcast, we're exploring the little-known story of Winthrop Bell, a Harvard philosophy professor turned spy, who worked for MI6 to provide intelligence from post-World War I Germany. |
| 0:57.8 | The information that he gathered was vital in shaping crucial diplomatic moments, including the Treaty of Versailles, |
| 1:05.6 | but the full extent of his warnings of the Nazi danger has only recently come to light. |
| 1:11.7 | Speaking to Ellen Evans, the author Jason Bell discusses his book, Cracking the Nazi Code, |
| 1:17.8 | which delves into Winthrop Bell and his exploits. |
| 1:21.3 | Welcome to the History Extra podcast, and we are talking today about Dr. Winthrop Bell, |
| 1:25.6 | a man whose career as a secret agent spanned the two |
| 1:28.3 | world wars, reporting from wartime and interwar Germany, and he issued stark warnings about the horrors |
| 1:33.8 | of the Nazi regime early on. Jason, thank you so much for joining us today on the History |
| 1:37.6 | Extra podcast. Thank you, Eleanor, for having me. Wonderful. I wonder if we can start by an introduction |
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