Patrick Geoghegan

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1,107 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan · The Rise & Fall of the Nazi Regime · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

You can send us your thoughts and comments to talkinghistoryatnewstalk.com and we'd love to hear from you. voice-verified

From the ruins of the First World War and the fragile democracy of Weimar Germany emerged a movement that transformed German society, plunged Europe into catastrophe and unleashed a genocidal war that claimed tens of millions and lives. voice-verified

But as we'll see, the story goes beyond one of dictatorship and terror and it's a story of ordinary people, the choices they had to make, cultural change, propaganda, resistance and the erosion of democratic institutions. voice-verified

A new search engine has just been released that allows users to search Nazi Party records in order to find out whether their ancestors were card-carrying members. voice-verified

And it has been accessed millions of times since it was launched a month ago. voice-verified

So we will discuss that. voice-verified

as we explore why so many Germans supported Hitler and the Nazis. voice-verified

And to help me do that, I'm delighted to welcome our panel of experts. voice-verified

Professor Nick Stargardt is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Oxford and is a fellow at Magdalen College there. voice-verified

One of the leading historians of Nazi Germany, his books include Witnesses of War and The German War, A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945. voice-verified

I'm also delighted to be joined by Katya Hoyer, an historian journalist, visiting research fellow at King's College London and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. voice-verified

And her brilliant new book, Weimar, Life on the Edge of Catastrophe, has just been published. voice-verified

Well, you're both very welcome. voice-verified

And also, I suppose, just to flag for our listeners that some listeners may find some of this discussion, given the subject matter, upsetting. voice-verified

Well, you are both very welcome. voice-verified

And Katja, I might begin with you and I might begin with your wonderful new book about Weimar. voice-verified

And I wonder, why did you choose Weimar as the lens through which to examine Germany during this period? voice-verified

And it very much is a town on the edge of catastrophe. voice-verified

And well, first of all, maybe why was Weimar chosen rather than Berlin? voice-verified

There are some wonderful characters in the book, and one of them is a stationery shop owner who initially, I think, was drawn to the Nazis because of the economic circumstances and the repeated challenges that his businesses had. voice-verified

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