Heydrich has ordered a terrifying escalation of violence against the Jews. ibid.
Heydrich is coming to Prague … The Czechs appear to have been brought to heel. ibid.
Heydrich immediately goes for his gun. The bomb thrown by a second assassin explodes by the side of the car. ibid.
It’s early 1942 and Nazi Germany is now up against the industrial might of Russia and the United States. Hitler needs a man to revolutionise the German war machine but no-one expects the Fuhrer to choose his friend, Albert Speer. It’s a promotion that soon stirs up a rat’s nest of inner-circle jealousy and intrigue. Hitler’s Circle of Evil s1e8: The Rise of the Sycophants
Goebbels believes that he too can inspire the German people to join the war effort on every front and he sees a potential ally in Albert Speer. ibid.
Goering’s promise has proven to be a catastrophically empty one. But Georing’s own humiliation is only just beginning: as he starts his speech the sirens wail over Berlin. ibid.
Bormann’s power however continues to grow as he cynically exploits Hitler’s preoccupation with the Eastern front. ibid.
1944: And as the tide turns against the Nazi war machine Hitler’s inner circle is starting to think the impossible. Goebbels and Bormann remain loyal for now, but Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Goering, prepares for life after the war. And architect of the holocaust, Heinrich Himmler, secretly negotiates with the Allies. But one man Albert Speer will be implicated in a plot to put the German people before the Fuhrer. Hitler’s Circle of Evil s1e9: Beginning of the End
A bomb has gone off inside Hitler’s conference room: it seems impossible that anyone inside could be alive, but somehow Hitler survives. ibid.
He [Hitler] finally gives Goebbels his backing for Total War. ibid.
1945: The Nazi regime is in its final throes. Many of Hitler’s inner circle are falling away. Amid the lunacy of late war SS chief Heinrich Himmler is making clandestine deals. And silent shadow Martin Bormann faces an impossible decision. The hidden first lady of the Third Reich, Eva Braun, is rewarded for her fierce loyalty. And Hitler’s flamboyant deputy, Hermann Goering, attempts to seize power. Hitler’s Circle of Evil s1e10: Meltdown
Goebbels, who has been loyal since the beginning, is devastated. There is no future without Hitler. ibid.
News of Himmler’s clandestine deals is broadcast to the world. ibid.
The people of Berlin are living with the effects of the debauched regime. Suffering is on a terrible scale. Most are close to starving. And all are living in constant danger. ibid.
Magda [Goebbels] has her children sedated and she poisons them with cyanide. ibid.
The mystery of the Nazis and the UFOs … They had very advanced technology probably 25 years ahead of the rest of the world. UFO Hunters s3e5: Nazi UFOs, History 2009
They saw themselves as the Third Reich’s racial elite. Superior to other man and ready to do anything to ensure the triumph of National Socialism. Men Hitler could count on to the death … The SS claimed they were not afraid of death. Inside the SS: Hitler’s Killing Machine s1e1, National Geographic 2018
The idea that the Jews were the real enemy, worst than the communists, was also taking hold … born out of 19th century racist theories. ibid.
‘I wanted to be part of an elite division.’ ibid.
The SS was also known as the Black Order: this name linked them to the Teutonic knights of the Middle Ages. ibid.
The SS inflicted a regime of terror on the prisoners. ibid.
SS fanaticism: blood-lust and terror. Inside the SS: Hitler’s Killing Machine s1e2
These Waffen SS soldiers for example criss-crossed Europe from one conquest to the the next; for them it was a great adventure especially in France. ibid.
Some were conscripted and had no choice but others were volunteers. ibid.
Holocaust denial is shocking and offensive to most. ibid.
Only some of the 40,000 SS guards were arrested and identified … Among them were 3,000 female camp guards. ibid.
Each book examines the financing and the contributions made by Wall Street by international bankers to the development of that specific form of socialism. Antony C Sutton: interview 1980, ‘The Best Enemies Money Can Buy’, Youtube 39.59, 2012
The original financing of Hitler in the years 1922 came only partly from Germany. One of the most prominent Americans concerned with financing Hitler was Henry Ford. ibid.
Amongst the corporations that transferred money to Hitler I find not only I G Farben, which is quite widely known, but also German General Electric, AEG, which is under control of General Electric in the United States … Osram … Standard Oil … ITT … American corporations financed Hitler through their subsidiaries. ibid.
In practice the German General Electric plants were not bombed. ibid.
The Ford plant in Cologne should have been a prime military target. ibid.
The Austrian Alps: A few had gold in their bags. Secrets of the Nazi Treasure, Youtube 2017
In April 1945 disturbing intelligence reports reached the Allies: Nazi leaders were planning to retreat to a national redoubt they called the Alpine fortress. ibid.
There had been little time for the looters to hide their ill-gotten wealth. By war’s end hundreds of millions of dollars in jewels, gold and artworks were being stuffed into strong boxes to be hidden in the most unlikely places. The plunder set off one of the greatest treasure hunts in history. In Search of s1e14 … Nazi Plunder, 1977
Hidden deep in the forests of Germany, concealed inside vast mountains, lie the remains of one of the most intriguing engineering projects of World War II: vast underground factories built for the world’s first operational jet fighter. This is the incredible story of the ME262. Hitler’s Secret Underground Factory aka Nazi Megastructures, Channel 5 2019
Hitler’s new megaweapon: the Messerschmitt ME262 … The Germans launched the world’s first jet aircraft. ibid.
In 1930 Germany is a liberal democracy with elections, parliament and a rule of law. Just four years later freedom of speech is over, most of the political opposition is in jail, and government is in the hands of murderers. This is the story of how democracy died. Rise of the Nazis s1e1: Origins, BBC 2019
130: The vote split between 14 different parties: the communists, the social democrats, the centre party is just about able to put together a moderate coalition government. ibid.
They also have a paramilitary wing called the Stormtroopers. ibid.
Back in the halls of power, [Kurt von] Schleicher goes to work to bring down the chancellor … He conspires with the military elite; he used his influence with media and big business. ibid.
The Nazis’ vote has gone from 18 to 37%. Now with the largest party in the Reichstag, suddenly Hitler is too big for even Schleicher to control. Now Hitler makes his big moves and demands to be chancellor. ibid.
The Nazi conspiracy is wider than Litten realised. ibid.
January 1933 and Germany has a new chancellor. He refuses to engage in the boring day to day detail of running a county. He has no interest in the opinions of experts and refuses to read briefings. Instead, he tasks his team with a simple assignment: Destroy democracy and make him dictator. Rise of the Nazis s1e2: Origins
‘Mass murder was no problem. But it was important to be socially acceptable.’ ibid. historian
Goering has the green light to round up the Nazis’ political opponents. ibid.
1933: In a climate of fear just under 44% of Germans vote Nazi. ibid.
[Doctor Josef] Hartinger said: ‘I could see the hatred in the SS officers’ eyes.’ ibid.
The SS finds more elaborate ways to cover up new murders. ibid.
‘He went on and on and on in endless monologues.’ ibid. Historian, re Hitler
[Himmler] showing Hitler there is one man and one organisation above all others he can trust without question. ibid.
In late 1933 Chancellor Adolf Hitler is one step away from total power. Only Germany’s elderly president, Paul von Hindenburg, stands in his way. The one man with the power to sack a chancellor. So it’s vital for Hitler to keep him on side. Rise of the Nazis s1e3: Origins
‘Believe it or not Hitler can be charming. And he exercised this charm on Hindenburg, and I think to quite good effect.’ ibid. Army dude Jackson