Hitler’s Victory in Thüringen - Rise of Hitler 01, January 1930

In this issue of the Weimar Wire, we dive deep into the critical events of January 1930. Political violence in the streets, uncertainty over the nation’s very character and Nazis entering a governing coalition provide a veritable treasure trove of political intrigue, hidden aspirations, and grand schemes.
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[@WorldWarTwo]

Hey, I’m Sebastian, this series’ writer and researcher. I spent many hours sitting over real and scanned German Newspapers covering January 1930, and I can tell you it was a blast! I’m here for any questions you guys might have regarding research or writing!

[@primusvsunicron1]

will there be a fall series too?

[@You51Dog]

Please read Austerity by Blyth. He has a good chapter on how the obsession with remaining on the gold standard led to the Nazi victory.

[@Lematth88]

I dont think its a good thing to rely to much on newspapers on main reliable source. Im not sure this series would be very historicly accurate

[@primusvsunicron1]

@@Lematth88 that was the only other available resource at the time

[@Ronaldl2350]

Thank you @Sebastion

[@jeremiahhuckleberry402]

This is an absolutely awesome idea. No one else on KZbin can rival this channel for sheer creativity.

[@canman5060]

Best channel.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you so much!

[@natheriver8910]

Soo true🔥🔥🔥

[@colinmerritt7645]

France: We can't have unemployed workers if we have no way of counting them!

[@yates667]

And now America is taking notes.

[@JuleyC]

@@yates667 So is Canada

[@Foul_Quince]

'We shall employ them - to count themselves!"

[@Berezech]

To be fair, while I concur the stats are cooked and false, at the time the demographic situation in France post-WWI was catastrophic and there was a lack of workers, thus unemployment is not hitting as hard there, at least for now,

[@badluckbrian46]

You laugh, but half the unemployed workers in germany arent counted as unemployed people to make the statistics look nicer

[@unbindingfloyd]

This is fantastic. As important as WWII history is I always feel the build up to wars is more important and needs to be talked about more in context of the times. People like Hitler or Stalin did not come out of nowhere.

[@MacGuyver85]

Exactly, the wars are "just" a consequence of a series of events. You can see the eery parallels at the moment...

[@johntipper29]

Excellent comment.

[@conscript900]

Dont forget Lenin.

[@tkm238-d4r]

Agree. Since the late 1990s, the Western establishment approach to Hitler had diverged significantly from the approach to Stalin. Before that, one of the biggest representation was Alan Bullock's 1991 book "Hitler Stalin Parallel Lives". Subsequently, there was a movement to move Hitler out of the normal German context while Stalin was retained in the normal Russian context. After 20+ years, this resulted in various forms of historical denialism. The most glaring example was the insistence that wartime Ukrainian nationalists had nothing to do with Nazi Germany. Once Hitler was portrayed as a weird person out of the context, it became difficult to understand history.

[@PuncakeLena]

Agreed, the most important thing about the 2nd world war to learn about is how it came into being in the first place, so we can avoid those mistakes in future

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

During my GCSEs (14-16 years old) we did Rise of Hitler, going over election results, campaign speeches, the Beer Hall Putsch, the newspaper reporting (our teacher spoke German and translated bits for us to look at). These graphics of election results are activating neurons that have been dormant for about 13 years!

[@samuelcarver1343]

I remember doing my GCSEs on this it was very good

[@GarethFairclough]

We didn't touch anything like this. Tbh, it was (in when I was a kid, in the early 2000s) either "ermagerd, we Welsh so oppressed" or "ermagerd, we Welsh #1!". No real history or substance. It's why I ended up dropping it. It almost killed my interest in history.

[@marrrtin]

Me too History O level in 1980 had this topic. My memory of it is more big-picture than the granular events depicted here.

[@alphamikeomega5728]

We also had a module on the rise of the Nazis and their racial policies. For us, the "rise" part focused in particular on the end of democracy from the Reichstag fire (1933) to the death of Hindenburg (1934). One thing I remember was that the curriculum taught that the two big problems with the Weimar constitution were Article 48 (allowing presidential rule by decree) and proportional representation (which, of course, we don't have in the UK). I see that Wikipedia also says that PR was an issue, at least given that it didn't have the vote thresholds which exist in Germany today. But the idea that FPTP is less vulnerable, when it often gives only two options, seems to me to be lacking evidence, and perhaps even a sign of anglospheric exceptionalism. Germany now requires constructive votes of no confidence, so that unpopular chancellors can remain in power if there is no option which is more popular. I'm not sure, though, whether there are any parliaments in any country which choose a government using a Condorcet method (so that the executive need never be popular, so long as it is the most popular option in any one-on-one vote).

[@xLegionaryxx]

@@GarethFairclough Devolution was a mistake if thats genuinely what the devolved governments have done to education

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

World Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

[@StephenLuke]

Exactly!

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

per-sequal

[@taufiqutomo]

@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Complete that with the Japanese occupations pre-1939 and the Spanish civil war, and yes we have a prequel trilogy.

[@chequereturned]

@@taufiqutomoItaly in Abyssinia too. Needs to be a tetralogy.

[@michaelgreaves2375]

You better not introduce any JAR JAR BINKS characters!!!

[@ibeetellingya5683]

I love how you're using different perspectives in journalism to show what was really going on at the time. It really brings out the agendas and mindsets of the people involved, and makes everything feel so real and powerful.

[@NVRAMboi]

Imagine living in Germany/Europe during those Depression-era years. I'd rather not, but there it is.

[@ilovephotography1254]

Many of us have an insatiable thirst for history. Thanks for continuing to share your fountain of knowledge.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching!

[@John_Locke_108]

Funny how 30 years ago in High School I struggled to stay awake during this section of the year. But now I'm super excited to "relearn" some history.

[@MacGuyver85]

Just goes to show how poor schooling methods mostly are.

[@MrShobar]

@@MacGuyver85Just goes to show that you couldn't finish high school.

[@seanlander9321]

‘Super excited’, are you 15?

[@yates667]

At first I read after 30 years of high school.

[@stepbruv8780]

ART SCHOOL?

[@MS-zp5by]

And i thought today like any saturday where is next ww2 episode, i remembered war ended but was surprised by new series , good job !

[@Warszawski_Modernizm]

6 years is enough to get hooked on saturday doses :)

[@WorldWarTwo]

Saturday's with Indy aren't going anywhere anytime soon!

[@tomsnee8287]

From Tokyo Bay last week back to Berlin 15 years earlier this week. I’ve got historical whiplash.

[@shaider1982]

Then go forward 20 years into the Korean War later in the week.

[@Jason_Tripp]

The voice Indy used for the Centre Party was just perfect! lol

[@eyeyayayay]

"The thing is, with Hitler, the more I hear about that guy, the more I don't care for him." - Norm MacDonald

[@gordybing1727]

@@joelfernando1 He was an American comedian who died about 20 years ago.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

​@@gordybing1727 It feels like it, but it was just 2021.

[@edlawn5481]

@@gordybing1727 Or so the Germans would have us believe.

[@Ultiminati]

Thought this was a news reporting for a second

[@thebigm7558]

Oh shut it

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

Damn, beat me to the joke by one minute

[@dactax37]

The AfD leader there is really deplorable.

[@amogusenjoyer]

Grandpa, take your meds, he died 75 years ago

[@jukebox5600]

Except for when the afd pormises to carry on his legacy ​@@amogusenjoyer

[@StoriedHistory1985]

When quoting the newspapers, I might make the quotes bigger and more central - especially since the rest of the screen is static mirrored filler.

[@Sebastian_Brandstetter]

Thanks, we will consider that!

[@dactax37]

@@Sebastian_Brandstetter Yeah personally I would just make it pop up on the screen with a blurred newspaper in the background, mostly because going where’s Waldo on the page is distracting.

[@Johnem-Love]

I was going to ask, ‘why the mirrored text’ - is it to bluff the algorhythm?

[@caterpilar]

@@Sebastian_Brandstetter and a coloring or smth to better recognize the parties. Only nazis and communists are easy to guess

[@Rhubba]

I like the different voices you're using for each political party: The Nazis sound spiteful, the Communists sound hysterical and the Social Democrats sound vague and indecisive.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The police report, like many official ones the world over, has that "we had to do it" and "as far as we know, nobody was shot" tone. Weimar police had pistols and carbines and were not slow to use them.

[@frankthetank5708]

For the Social Democrats there somewhat not hasn't changed much today.

[@nickmacarius3012]

Last time I was this early, the Kaiser was still in charge of Germany.

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Last time I was this early, my girlfriend got very mad at me :(

[@saturnFIV3]

Geyser Wilhelm

[@rexman971]

​@@sirllamaiii9708What girlfriend?

[@NVRAMboi]

@@saturnFIV3 Dude could actually sport the Pickelhaube Helmet and make it work w/style. lol

[@HerrBert1976]

Sorry to be late, had a stopover at Busan. In the future ...

[@dragosstanciu9866]

The level of paranoia in the German press of that time is unbelievable.

[@dactax37]

Unfortunately if you go on twitter it is pretty similar.

[@420JackG]

Sounds like the communists kinda called it like it was.

[@marcoespinosamx]

@@dactax37Indeed, it's just the same

[@Medytacjusz]

are they 100% wrong considering what will happen in several years?

[@jacksons1010]

@@MedytacjuszThey’re *facilitating* what will happen, not predicting it.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

the set feels like a 30s noir film, very nice!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@edroosa2958]

Thank you for doing this series. I was actually a bit “sad” to see the last WW2 episode. You all do such a great job. 👍👍

[@WorldWarTwo]

It was an emotional episode for us all! But, we are all very excited to have the first episode of this new series out!

[@pocketmarcy6990]

I love seeing Sparticus and Indy reporting together

[@happihockey8601]

Indy is loving this, he gets to be the wild man to Sparty's straight delivery. Another great series from the team.

[@gurufabbes1]

Thüringen in Germany has a special resonance when it comes to elections for this reason.

[@stepbruv8780]

AfD won elections 😂

[@gurufabbes1]

@@stepbruv8780 Indeed. News reports in Germany made reference to the Nazi party winning a majority back then when that happened.

[@nathanzylla4961]

How so? Never herd of knew the importance? (I'm overseas and been paying attention to Ukraine things etc)

[@stepbruv8780]

@@nathanzylla4961 Germany's anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany is on course for victory in Thuringia.

[@akrinornoname2769]

@@nathanzylla4961 Germany's big alt-right party, AfD, won the state election in Thüringen last week. It's not 100% certain that they'll be part of the state administration, but this is bad

[@johannesnoe7129]

I love your use of the newspapers! A year ago I wrote a term paper for university on the demission of the Cabinet Müller II in March 1930 and its coverage in the party newspapers! I primarily analyzed and compared articles from the Vorwärts and the Vossische Zeitung.

[@georgejungle4490]

Thank you for starting this series, I've long desired Weimar content, which is lacking on KZbin.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

We would recognize too much of it, and it will make people uncomfortable if they pay attention because they will see themselves cheering for… people they know aren’t great.

[@Zwurbelbart]

i was hoping "The 30-Years-War in Real Time" would be your next project....

[@thurbine2411]

That would be at most month by month because of the time span but also not as much info

[@NotFlappy12]

They talked about this in the recent live stream. Tl:DW they will likely never make a chronological documentary on any conflict without sufficient video footage. Fearing it would be too dull to watch

[@Warszawski_Modernizm]

@@NotFlappy12 Vietnam is still untouched.

[@semtexwiller]

​@@Warszawski_Modernizmnice 20 year series coming up then

[@WorldWarTwo]

Our next real time project already started some weeks back with the Korean War: www.youtube.com/@TheKoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@spencerdawkins]

I REALLY appreciate you guys doing this. I understand some time periods between WW1 and WW2 pretty well - the Between The Wars series is quite helpful - but I have gaps, and you're covering this time period at such a low level of detail that I expect most people will learn a lot. I have two questions, and I'll ask them in their own comments.

[@juliank6793]

I've been watching you guys since I was in middle school and you covered world war one week by week. I was first confused because you sort of already covered this topic on TimeGhost, but the idea of using german newspapers is actually brilliant. I so look forward to this.

[@yorick6035]

The best tag-team of History is back!! This is going to good. Im very HYPE for this series!!!

[@andrzejplocki6438]

Now that the WWII series is finished, there is a massive gap, but once again you boys (and girls) have pulled it out of the bag. Excellent work yet again team!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you, glad you are sticking with us ;) -Timeghost Ambassador

[@radapatada5502]

Oh we're so back

[@ukeyaoitrash2618]

You mean the channel, or the fascists in Thüringen? 😭

[@radicalesotericcentrist]

@@ukeyaoitrash2618 If you actually think they are, then you are actively downplaying fascism.

[@Tarnatos14]

@@radicalesotericcentrist Neo-fascist, and not the hardest ones, ofc no really equality to the historical ones like falangism, fascism and nationalsocialism, but thats the same with moste historical things, the change.

[@radicalesotericcentrist]

@@Tarnatos14 How about they aren't fascist at all, and the media has been lying to you? I'm not too big of a fan either, but them advocating for direct democracy and open markets is completely opposite to fascism, which is national syndicalism aka. trade unionism for the nation.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

@@radicalesotericcentristthe xeonophobia and glorification of national identity, however… The Italian fascists sang of dying for their sacred liberty - how could they possibly be authoritarian? The core element of fascism is glorification of service of the state - if capitalism is the best for the benefit of the state, then it can easily be compatible with fascism. People don’t compare the AfD to fascism idly - anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner rhetoric are the beating heart of fascism - fearing and hurting “them” rapidly becomes more important than the love and help for “us.” AfD is synonymous with hating immigrants, even scapegoating them. Whether that’s accurate or not, I cannot say, but your “but it can’t be fascism” isn’t persuasive.

[@simonwaldock9689]

What a wonderful new series. I look forward to future episodes. Thank you for putting it out on a Saturday, this ameliorates my World War 2 withdrawal symptoms.

[@residentgeardo]

Spartacus: Ever wanted to see me playing a Nazi? Me: Yes. The title "Hitler's Victory in Thüringen" is somewhat haunting given recent political developments ... Anyway... love the new format!

[@matttaylor308]

For a political nerd like me, this is absolute manna from heaven. Politics doesn't happen "big" it happens small - tiny incidents, compromises & breakthroughs only become big for retrospective historians later. Doing this with a focus on the media people were reading & seeing that generally guides folks' opinion of what "was" happening is brilliant.

[@uniball5667]

Another exciting series from TimeGhost, im already wishing for the next episode!

[@realtraderjoe]

Man I’m so happy that the (pre)WW2 content is continuing! You guys are the go-to channel!

[@johnmcguigan7218]

I recommend for everyone the German TV series "Babylon Berlin," which covers the end of the Weimar era. It's the 6:30 biggest German TV production, which shows in the meticulous sets and acting. It's a visceral and graphic picture of social/political chaos of the period.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The Jason Lutes graphic novel *Berlin* is pretty good about this period. Although Lutes is American, he seems to have concentrated on sales in Germany, and as a result images of Nazi flags have the swastika blanked out, to comply with German law.

[@badgerfromfirefly]

Indy and Sparty - it doesn't get better than this! The graphics could use some work to make it easier to follow but I'm sure it'll be improved as the series goes on. Thanks to all involved! The work done on this and other channels in the past 10 year is nothing short of phenomenal.

[@spartacus-olsson]

❤️❤️❤️

[@nathanzylla4961]

History was always my favorite part of grade and high school(US here) tank you so much for the edge of my seat lessons. Watches the ww1, 2, korea, cuban missle crisses. Always appreciated it.

[@AREAVER]

This is a very different and very interesting take on this history. I'm looking forward to this series! Some feedback: It would be very helpful to have a visual note on screen showing which paper/ party it's coming from. I know you say it right before the quote but it's really easy to get lost in all of the rhetoric. Especially with such energetic delivery.

[@masterobvious22]

This is a duo I needed more in my life. Thank you cast, crew, and TGA!

[@manderse12]

So happy to be an enthusiastic audience member for this new series. I forwarded the series link to our American 18-year-old who is just starting his year-long youth ambassador program in a Brandenburg gymnasium. This history is so important for everyone in democratic societies to learn and review. Thank you.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your comment. -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@Stew-kv8nw]

Look ing forward to this. I’m glad you’re continuing the channel. Well done. Big fan of the both of you being talking faces on the Newspapers

[@oldgoat142]

Love the voiceovers from Indy and Spartacus. That was great! Just like all of your other videos, I can really sink my teeth into this history. Thank you!

[@fredyellowsnow7492]

The rather unfortunate lighting makes Indy look like he's sporting a toothbrush moustache at times.

[@Greatot]

It's thematic

[@evangetz]

If you think these masters of set design hadn’t been intentional in that choice, you don’t know the Timeghost team

[@duncancurtis5108]

Autocue fun with our two history titans. Indy that's your bit Sparty no that's your bit. 😅

[@fredwaterer8203]

A Home Run. The best channel on youtube! Well done Indy and Spartacus.

[@fredwaterer8203]

And Sebastian! Sorry I left you out.

[@nealstultz8705]

Kind of sad I dont get to see/hear Indy von Neidell as a good DNVP member, who just repeats how great things would be if the Kaiser were here.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

While basically monarchist, the DNVP suffered from some internal turmoil on the issue because "bring the Kaiser back" had relatively little appeal except to a smallish minority, especially after the Depression hit.

[@rb95051]

I like the topic, the format, and the way you two are presenting. Bravi! (Right way to say it). When things are getting bad, the extremes always makes them worse…. History repeat itself

[@Teleoceras]

Any chance you will cover the Spanish Civil War as well? Great start to this series!

[@hannahskipper2764]

WW2 Prequel! I absolutely love the way you formatted this episode!

[@TheEvertw]

I love how you show the various spins put by various propaganda outlets on the same events. Every teenager in every democracy should learn to recognise propaganda, by the strong language they use to tie various emotions to events.

[@nawolith3840]

A really cool concept to get the views on the news directly from the newspapers! Ill surely be wayching this series as it developes!

[@theodorosconstantinides7417]

If you add a third host, you can have the one on the right read right-wing news, the one on the centre centre-wing, and the one on the left left-wing

[@T_Mo271]

A three-shot doesn't fit the frame very well.

[@JesseJoyce-cj2xg]

I love seeing Indy and Spartacus going through how this actually played out, and even getting into character to show the competing narratives which still influence our perception of the present today (I know the channel was already history in real time, but this is even more in real time). As an American watching this in 2024, some of it is shockingly similar to the things of today. It’s terrifying. Is that something that crosses your mind while researching and making this?

[@rrice1705]

Congratulations on opening this series with a good, solid first episode! I like the “living newspaper format,” how it tells us what different groups on the political spectrum were thinking. Could we get something like a reminder of which groups published which papers, though? The Nazi Party’s paper was obvious, and I figured out who the communists were (having the paper name in red helped), but I’m not clear about some of the others. The “Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”, for example. Indy and Spartacus’ acting helped, but I still couldn’t quite remember who the parties between the Communists and the Nazi’s were.

[@callumgordon1668]

My Granddad, born in 1904, left me his coin and note collection. There are a few gems among piles of very old small change. Some of historical interest rather than of any value. Among it all I have a 100 000 Reichsmark note.

[@JanneBU]

Your first remark "Every political party in an extremely divided Germany had their own news paper" (parafracing) made me think of the US today. I do not hope we will see history repeat itself.

[@NVRAMboi]

It's one of the great losses in our Republic, imo. "The Death Of The (objective/unbiased) Fourth Estate" has acclerated an almost universal mistrust of (any/all) authority now.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The bigger ones had several. The most influential newspapers were probably those of right-wing press magnate Alfred Hugenberg, who though not Nazi, tended to give the Nazis relatively favourable coverage. The Nazi press itself did not have a particularly high circulation and played little role in Nazi electoral surges.

[@schusterlehrling]

You may pray, but it's a close call.

[@edlawn5481]

Most cities in the US had 2 or 3 newspapers.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

14:17 - "Coup plotter Frick" - he was involved in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.

[@stanleydangerfreak2325]

Congratulations, you have smashed it! 👍👏A superb introduction to a new series. The mix of presentation style and graphics is marvelous, thoroughly entertaining and informative. I raise my glass of gin to you all.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Cheerio! -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@arilic]

This is such a great idea. This is something that simply isn't touched upon for TV or documents except for people who go looking. All the talk is minimized until the start of the war. Looking forward to the next few years.

[@vmycode5142]

Man, i cant believe ill have two new series to watch of you guys. I was really rather sad knowing the world war was ending, but then Korea, and now this? we are more spoilt with content than even during ww2!

[@AppleBiscuits]

You know, the more I learn about this Hitler guy, the more I don't care for him.

[@tjitse3916]

Great to come across this, i literally just ordered a book on the Weimar Republic.

[@Nailz-wp7xq]

The mirrored German text in the newspaper images was much more visually distracting than I would have expected. My brain kept trying to 'un-wrong' the visuals, rather than paying full attention to what was being said.

[@macleunin]

“A new series? Well alright then! “ Me, after following both World Wars from the beginning.

[@Custerd1]

I love the various accents. Keep up the good work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you. Just saw your comment history on this channel: You are amazing, thanks again! -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@cms8989]

What a timely commentary on Thüringen electing a right wing party that wants to end democracy in Germany...

[@_1_4_8_]

Except it doesn’t and all other big German parties are actually actively ending democracy at the moment.

[@Southsideindy]

Except we aren't commenting on it at all. This series was announced months ago, the set built in July, and the episode recorded in August, so the editors could get it released just after the last regular ww2 episode. We don't control reality and make elections bend to our content; it just worked out that way.

[@loubruno797]

Excellent episode. Really creative format. Question is why start in 1930? In any event just great programming. Also good both of you together on it.

[@Sebastian_Brandstetter]

Because that's when the internal political tensions in Germany really reach boiling point. Before the NY crash, the roaring 20s kinda make extremist views of the NSDAP and KPD less appealing for a wide range of people. But now, in 01.01.1930, the economy is reeling, unemployment runs rampant, and people begin to look towards more 'extreme' solutions. Hope that helps!

[@adamiotime]

I'd love a little spin-off episode exploring the coverage of the NSDAP around the time of Munich Beer Hall Putsch, and Hitler's subsequent sentencing and imprisonment. It blows my mind that a Nazi rise to power had pretty much been entirely halted, and yet managed to reemerge to eventually take power legally.

[@1969Risky]

Excellent start to the series guys. The Weimar Republic & the rise of Hitler was part of my modern history course of Germany 1871-1949 when I was in 6th Form at school. My modern history teacher didn't like my analogy that Germany at this time politically was like the Wild West with all the unrest & power struggles that were happening at the time.

[@robynthompson9503]

Loving these voices! I struggle with remembering names and political alignments. Is it possible to, when doing a newspaper reading, have some sort of icon on the screen that shows said paper's alignment?

[@ActionBastardo]

I've read and heard about these events, but they were usually generalized and overshadowed by other events. This series brings these events alive by interpreting them through the eyes of the contemporary press.

[@jackbharucha1475]

Feels like a normal day on Twitter

[@Warszawski_Modernizm]

" for twitter it means its tuesday"

[@domerame5913]

that's intended

[@NVRAMboi]

@jackbharucha1475 : Except for the fact that most of these newspaper writers were neither anonymous or living in their mom's basement.

[@antonindanek9294]

Thank you for the continuation of your work. It has been a steady part of my life for several years now and as a history buff, I could not appreciate it more. You have become incredibly good at this. Also, I firmly believe that Indy will get the German "R" by the series' end. Just a thought. When talking about the unemployment following the 1929 crash, you could have mentioned the situation in Czechoslovakia. It was in the border regions of the country, often and erroneously cumulatively mentioned as Sudetenland - a term used and misused by the Nazis - where the impact was greatest. Apart from being home to a lot of Germans, these parts were traditionally rich in different branches of industry. It was the economic hardship caused by the crisis and substantial unemployment of the German-speaking population that was used by Konrad Henlein and the Sudetendeutsche Partei to mobilize the Germans, and in the end help destabilize and undermine the Czechoslovak state in the months before Munich. Or maybe you do not want to go that far in the future or maybe you will get to it later! 🙂 Anyway, many thanks!

[@maciejkamil]

I just saw the title of this episode and I am already horrified.

[@jerrybaharlias9809]

Interesting format

[@garethfergusson9538]

Want to see indie do a recreated hitler speach with all the bells and whistles! The tone, the energy, the rising and dropping of pitch and hand gesturing!

[@MountainDewComacho494]

I love this format. Also, nice empty ashtray. I forget how there used to always be ashtrays everywhere. That kind of started changing in the 80s. We used to have a lot of ash trays at our house. Even though we didn't smoke, they were for people who did smoke who came over.

[@greenockscatman]

Never hit subscribe as quickly as when you explained the idea behind this series

[@residentgeardo]

Welcome aboard... I really hope Timeghost hits one million subscribers soon!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Welcome aboard! If you like what we do, check out our other channel on the Korean War: www.youtube.com/@TheKoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@pathutchison7688]

This is gonna be a great series. Nice idea and format.

[@OldProVidios]

I really like the four meter graphic. But I did notice that each had exactly the same bezel scratches and screw rotations.

[@italianbeans877]

It was made by gen AI

[@OldProVidios]

@@italianbeans877 Oh. I'm sure a real person could do better. Thanks for the new show!!

[@italianbeans877]

@@OldProVidios yeah it’s a great show (very timely)

[@travis8895]

This series is going to be awesome. Weimar Republic era German politics and elections are so fascinating

[@asicdathens]

Hallo und danke Sebastian. Greetings from Greece

[@Sebastian_Brandstetter]

Thank you and you're very welcome! Greetings from Bavaria!

[@D2C3R5]

this was great. it's nice to see historians using actual information from the era.

[@weswhite6058]

When Thuringia sneezes, Europe catches a cold

[@stevekaczynski3793]

About a decade ago I was in Germany and bought facsimiles on sale of representative copies of German newspapers from 1930. They included a copy of the Communist _Rote Fahne_ as well as the Nazi _Der Angriff_ which was run by Goebbels, and one other whose name I have forgotten, but it was probably one of those newspapers owned by the press magnate Hugenberg.

[@Killerpixel11]

History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme, huh?

[@TheRedHand01]

@@Killerpixel11 well, in this specific instance it has literally repeated itself

[@jansonvocmf]

Dan Carlin, is that you?

[@theswampcleaner3856]

Right? Some of those headlines and bylines/ quotes sounds like the bickering of the press today.

[@theswampcleaner3856]

​@@TheRedHand01how do you mean that, specifically?

[@TheRedHand01]

@@theswampcleaner3856 AfD are a Nazi party

[@StevenSmith-dc1fq]

Terrific! And what a creative format? I look forward to further episodes.

[@yes_head]

This series is off to a great start. The TG map-makers are getting a well-deserved break with this one! 😀 But keeping all of the different parties (all those acronyms!) straight is going to be the greatest challenge. Part of me just wants the Nazis to get on with it so it can all be simplified! But I'm looking forward to seeing how we got from here to there. And will this series include biographical deep dives on Hitler, Goebbels, etc., or has that already been covered by the WWII series?

[@Benaplus1]

Love the new show! Just a quick suggestion to maybe include some more archive-footage B-reel. Much as I love watching Sparty and Indy's body language, the view of the newsroom and the front pages can get a little old in a half-hour episode.

[@huntersmillie00]

Good timing on this series! The comments here already mirror January 1930 as we're in late summer 2024 as of this writing.

[@vempir6022]

quite ironic if you look up the current German political Situation in Thüringen

[@danculea7865]

Can you put on hats when acting each character / stereotype? Beyond being a bit of meta fun, it'd also make it much easier to tell who is who.

[@henrybostick5167]

Every time I think you guys are phenomenal, you do something even more phenomenal. If you want to know where you are, it is vitaly important to know the road you traveled to get there.

[@JeremyStrozer]

This was very informative and allows people to get a much deeper sense of the context of the time. It also puts into perspective what is going on with the afd in the same region today. I would prefer you not use fake voices with the other political parties. Some of this makes them sound unserious and even comical, which I don't believe they were at the time. Impersonations in this way devalue the history you are so deftly otherwise sharing.

[@weswhite6058]

Well said, I agree

[@augustoberziner]

I agree. New viewers may interpret it as a sign that the channel is not that serious, which is a shame, given the amount of research and hard work you put in

[@anotherboat]

not my ass thinking this was going to be about current elections lmao

[@RogerFusselman]

What amazing bluster and negativity! So basically German politics in 1930 invented the diviseness of KZbin comments. Man, this video hits a little too close to home.

[@Warszawski_Modernizm]

Twitter Wars: The prequels

[@NVRAMboi]

Way back in the mid-late '90's on internet message boards....I learned that the first person to say "Hitler" or "Nazi" in a thread automatically lost the disagreement by default. g

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Most parties, even the moderate ones, needed to have stewards capable of violence because of attempts by rival parties to disrupt their gatherings. This was the case even before the radicalisation caused by the downturn in the economy. Violence at elections was not unique to Germany. William Joyce, the future "Lord Haw Haw", had his face slashed with a razor during an election campaign in the 1920s in England, and far right militants in France in the 1930s sometimes regarded razor scars on their faces as a proud sign of militancy.

[@sharknut]

Really looking forward to this, but I think you need to do something about the reading of the voiceovers of the newspapers. They were very hard to listen to when you try to give them a different feel. I had a hard time making it through. I think using a different person for each paper would be a much better way to go about this.

[@tomschmidt381]

This new Time Ghost series is timely and terrifying given how worldwide politics have been drifting toward the right and grievance politics of the 1930s seem to be playing out again.

[@zacharyhansen6474]

I found this channel recently. The style, the substance, and the personality is just perfect. Love it! Haha

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you, really appreciate your comment! -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@You51Dog]

I hope you read Austerity:the history of a bad idea by Blyth. He has an excellent chapter on how economic policies contributed to the Nazi electoral victory.

[@alphamikeomega5728]

A pet peeve of mine is when people blame the hyperinflation of 1921-1923 for the rise of the Nazis a decade later. Hyperinflation probably didn't help, but Chancellor Brüning's pursuit of deflation in order to make reparations easier to pay in 1932, thus crippling demand in the German economy, was surely a bigger factor.

[@dactax37]

@@alphamikeomega5728If it was the economy it would be the consequences of 1929, not so much 1921