How Hitler Tested His Next War in Spain - Death of Democracy 18 - Q2 193700:16:05

Berlin, June 30, 1937. Hitler has not staged a major diplomatic shock this quarter but beneath the surface, Nazi Germany is preparing for war.

In Spain, the Condor Legion helps Francos Nationalists and the bombing of Guernica gives the world a terrifying preview of modern aerial terror. At home, the regime escalates its assault on the Catholic Church, begins the purge of degenerate art, tightens the link between courts and concentration camps, and hides rearmament behind spectacles of economic success.

This episode of Death of Democracy looks at Q2 1937: the quarter when Nazi Germany normalized aggression abroad while deepening tyranny at home.

Never Forget.

00:00 Berlin, June 30, 1937
00:05 No Hitler Surprise But War Preparations Continue
00:51 The Hindenburg and the Shadow of Modern War
01:50 The Give Me Four Years Exhibition
02:25 Guernica and the Condor Legion
02:55 The Bombardment of Almería
03:11 Case Green and Case Otto
03:54 Degenerate Art and Cultural Cleansing
04:22 The Judiciary and the Concentration Camps
05:13 The Nazi Assault on the Catholic Church
06:07 Goebbels, Propaganda, and the Morality Trials
07:45 Autarky, Rearmament, and Hidden Austerity
08:52 Mood Inside the Nazi Leadership
09:48 Ordinary Germans and Apathy
12:15 Analysis: War Abroad, Tyranny at Home
14:19 Conclusion: Nazi Double-Talk

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