Achtung! History

As the Third Reich rises in Germany, Switzerland suffers with its own problems with National Socialism, and its own identity. Overshadowed by its neighbours, fractured by its cantons, the nation has to face to the real threat that Hitler's national socialism brings, both outside and within. This conflict is further exasperated as Hitler's henchman, Wilhelm Gustloff, rule over a small enclave with an iron fist.  Discover, Hitler's Swiss Enclave and the story of the Wilhelm Gustloff only on Achtung! History.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreon for as little as 1€. Achtung! History is presented by Simon J, James.  Follow Achtung! History on Twitter.

In this episode of Achtung! History Simon J. James returns to the tales of resistance to the National Socialist regime of Germany.  It is a common perception that the National Socialist regime of Germany (1933-1945) was a totalitarian one. But was it as totalitarian as popular culture has led us to believe. In this episode of Resistance, Simon J. James looks into the resistance that existed amongst the youth of the German nation and in doing so explores the history and ideology of the Hitler Youth. Follow as he looks into one specific group, without political conviction but united in their disgust of all things National Socialist, the Edelweißpiraten, and how they tested the limits of Hitler's totalitarian state.  In the production of this episode, Simon would like to express his thanks to the resources of both The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, without which this episode would not have been possible.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreon for as little as 1€. Achtung! History is presented by Simon J, James.  Follow Achtung! History on Twitter.

Achtung! Achtung! Journey back to the events of a city long lost, Berlin in 1926. With music and real events from the Welthauptstadt Berlin.  This is a trial episode. 

His name became infamous, his story legend. But today the name Schlageter has faded into history, so who was Schlageter and why did Adolf Hitler proclaim him to be 'The First Soldier of the Third Reich?" Find out in the latest episode of the Achtung! History podcast.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreon for as little as 1€. Achtung! History is presented by Simon J, James.  Follow Achtung! History on Twitter.

A small victory or the turning point in the Napoleonic wars? Find out about the oft forgotten Battle of Großbeeren in this weeks episode of Achtung! History.  A special thanks to Katja Hoyer for her input in this episode, her book Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918 is available now.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreonfor as little as 1€. Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

How did the discovery of the body of a man in the Landwehrkanal in Berlin in August 1919 lead to the exposing of and the collapse of the much of the Police Informant ring. And what did one man have to do both with the Communist uprising in Berlin and the short lived Bavarian Soviet Republic? Find out now in Achtung! History's latest episode.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreonfor as little as 1€. Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

It was the most audacious plan of the West in the Cold War, to tunnel beneath the boundary between East and West and steal information from the Soviet's own telephone line. In this concluding episode, discover the true story of spies, espionage, deception and traitors in a whirlwind adventure into the acts that defined the Cold War.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreonfor as little as 1€. Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Discover one of the most audacious and incredible forgotten tales from the Cold War. A story following the CIA and British SIS as they attempt to understand the intentions of the Soviets and gain an upper hand in an Europe divided by undertaking one of the greatest acts of underground secretive engineering ever attempted. This is Tunnel, Traitor, King, Gold, a Podcast by Achtung! History.   Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreonfor as little as 1€. Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The Second World War is over yet East has not met West everywhere. Nestled in the Ore mountains a region centred around the town of Schwarzenberg remains strangely empty of Allied Occupying Forces. It seems as the world has forgotten this small town that once lay on the border of Czechoslovakia.  Discover the strange story of Schwarzenberg and how for 42 days at the end of the Second World War it fell into no occupation zone but formed its own government and council and how history can be misleading.  Support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreon for as little as 1€. Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

May Day, famously the day of the international worker. It was a day used by Unions and by the parties, especially in Germany, to unite their workers in putting down tools as a demonstration of international strife. However, when the NSDAP came to power in 1933, and Hitler became Chancellor and with that Joseph Goebbels the Reich Propaganda Minister, they quickly set about destroying the powers of old and turning May Day into Tag der nationalen Arbeit.  Join Simon J. James in this adventure into the history of May Day and how the NSDAP powers subverted it, turning it into their own propaganda festival.  Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.