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The rise of Hitler
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9 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2012
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Podcast episode
Description
On January 25 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.
Just a few days later Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
Soon the Communist Party was banned and the Nazi grip on power was complete.
Eric Hobsbawm was a schoolboy communist.
Photo: Communist rally 1932. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Just a few days later Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
Soon the Communist Party was banned and the Nazi grip on power was complete.
Eric Hobsbawm was a schoolboy communist.
Photo: Communist rally 1932. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Released:
Jan 25, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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