Let’s talk about the big dog and his weird love life! This episode is highly disgusting, and I am kind of sorry about that. But it’s funny, too. We’ll get into WWII, nazis, love, dating, and the very complicated tale of Geli Raubal, Hitler’s half niece and one true love.

MAJOR trigger warnings today: Suicide, incest, holocaust, antisemitism, SA, murder, gun violence

Cover art: my sister

Intro song: my daughter

Images: Getty, Alamy, Wikimedia

Selected Bibliography

Books:

Ascent, Volker Ulrich

Hitler and Geli, by Ronald Hayman

Hitler’s Suicide Women, by Andrew van Ginkel.

Fun Podcast:

Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories, episodes 232 and 233

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vH4kcVmomFOv9Unr5hQxw?_authfailed=1

Remember, besties. There is always a way out. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Let’s talk about Theodor Morell, Adolf Hitler’s most favorite doctor, and maybe also his drug dealer?? This episode is chock full of bathroom humor, WWII history, Nazi drama, and some very poor choices.

Trigger warnings: Addiction, antisemitism, Holocaust

Selected Bibliography

· Blitzed, by Norman Ohler

· Downfall, by Volker Ullrich

· Secret Diaries of Hitler’s Doctor, by David Irving

· Until the Final Hour, Traudl Junge

Intro song: my daughter

Cover art: my sister

Images: Getty Ullstein Bild Dtl, Alamy JEYFWK

Let’s talk about WWII, Nazi art theft, concentration camp murders, and the second ugliest mustache you’ve ever seen. August Eigruber’s story takes us to Mauthausen, Paris, and deep into the Altaussee Salt Mines.

Trigger warnings: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Murder

Selected Bibliography

Books

Eight Days in May, by Volker Ullrich

Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich

Monuments Men, by Bret Witter and Robert M. Edsel

Online Resource

Stanford University’s Virtual Tribunal: International Criminal Tribunal Records (1945-Present): https://exhibits.stanford.edu/virtual-tribunals/catalog/jw764yb5101

Documentary

The Rape of Europa, by Richard Berge

Intro song: my daughter

Cover art: my sister