Four Lessons from Hitler's Rise

In part 2, we look at how Hitler went from building a movement to taking total power in Germany.

00:00 - How Tyrants Take Power

01:30 - Beer Hall Putsch Begins

08:00 - Hitler Sways the Crowd

12:50 - The Coup Collapses

23:30 - The Trial of the Century

38:30 - Writing Mein Kampf

44:00 - Lebensraum Vision

51:20 - The Great Reunification

58:00 - Bamberg Power Play

01:03:17 - 25 Point Program

01:08:04 - Anti-Clericalism

01:21:14 - Building For the Future

01:29:24 - Weimar System Primer

01:33:49 - Hitler Runs For President

01:36:22 - Refusing Vice Chancellor

01:43:34 - Hitler Strategy Doing Nothing

01:59:00 - Enabling Act Ends Democracy

02:05:48 - Reichstag Fire Crackdown

02:11:22 Four Lessons Wrap Up

Sources:⁠

Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw⁠⁠

Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by RHS Stolfi

⁠⁠Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms

⁠⁠In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler by CJ Miller⁠

⁠Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (New Ford Translation)⁠

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