Old Gossip with Rebecca Siegel

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

Traudl Junge was not just Hitler’s secretary, she was also a fountain of piping hot tea. This is a toughie. You’ll see why. We get into WWII, marriage, real estate, trains, bedspreads, and a LOT of bunker talk. Selected Bibliography: Books · Ascent, by Volker Ulrich · Letters to Hitler, by Heinrik Eberle · Until the Final Hour, Traudl Junge · Voices from the Bunker, by Pierre Galante, Gertrude Junge and Eugene Silianoff Movies · Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary, by André Heller · Downfall Intro song: my daughter Cover art: my sister Images: public domain, Alamy

From German rocket scientist to war criminal to NASA golden boy to Disney star! Let’s talk about Wernher von Braun, the Space Race, Operation Paperclip, WWI, WWII, the Treaty of Versailles, and so much more. Trigger warnings: antisemitism, holocaust, murder, incest Intro song: My daughter Cover art: My sister Selected Bibliography Books Into that Silent Sea, by Francis French and Colin Burgess Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, by Asif A. Siddiqi Wernher von Braun, by Christopher Lampton The Rocket and the Reich and Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War, Michael J. Neufeld Film Man in Space, 1955 Disney Images: Getty

Leni Riefenstahl was a dancer, an actor, a filmmaker, and a real jerk! And also a liar! Let’s get into it in a probably too-long chat about WWII, propaganda, film, Hollywood, Hitler, and plenty of other Nazi stuff. Trigger warnings: Holocaust, murder, antisemitism, SA, racism Selected Bibliography Books: Artists Under Hitler, by Jonathan Petropoulos Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans Hitler’s Women, by Guido Knopp Documentaries: Riefenstahl, Andres Veiel Time of Darkness and Stillness, Nina Gladitz The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, by Ray Müller

Let’s chat about WWII, concentration camps, and a very sketchy real estate choice. Rudolf Höss didn’t just run Auschwitz. He lived right next to it! This episode, of course, covers a million topics and tangents. Sorry. Thanks/blame to Eduardo! Trigger warnings: Sexual assault, holocaust, antisemitism, murder Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected bibliography Hitler: Downfall, by Volker Ullrich “Postwar Testimony of Rudolf Höss,” United States Holocaust Museum. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/artifact/postwar-testimony-of-rudolf-hoss Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz, by Thomas Harding The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, by William L. Shirer Image Credits: Getty, Planet Schule

Besties!! I’m jetlagged, full of jamon, and ready to CHAT. Let’s talk about Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Adolf Hitler, WWII, the SS, and so much more. We’re going to get into the weeds on 900 topics, but I swear, it’s going to be fun. Trigger warnings: Suicide, Holocaust, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected Bibliography Himmler, by Willi Frischauer Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie The Private Heinrich Himler, by Katrina Himmler Image Credits: Getty, Wikipedia

Hello, best friends, divas, and unicorns! Let’s talk about history's worst "good Nazi," Albert Speer, who started his career as an architect, and then ended it by throwing a bunch of his cronies under the bus at the Nuremberg Trials. He was a delusional dreamer, a AND a war criminal! Wow, wow, wow. Trigger warnings: Suicide, Holocaust, Slave Labor, Antisemitism Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected Bibliography “Building the Nazi Party Rally Grounds,” https://museums.nuernberg.de/documentation-center/topics/national-socialism/the-nazi-party-rally-grounds/building-the-nazi-party-rally-grounds Killing Hitler, by Roger Moorhouse Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich The Hitler Assassination Attempts, by John Grehan “’Wonder Weapons’ and Slave Labor,” by Michael Neufeld https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/wonder-weapons-and-slave-labor Image credits: Getty

Ready to get into the weeds? Let’s talk Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, a couple of world wars, astrology, the Beerhall Putsch, libido pills, scientific occultism, and the Nuremberg Trials, among other things. Trigger warnings: Holocaust, Suicide, Antisemitism Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected Bibliography Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich Hitler’s Monsters, by Eric Kurlander Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Jack El-Hai Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie Nuremberg Trial Proceedings, Yale Avalon Project

Buckle up, besties! We’ve got romance. We’ve got intrigue. We’ve got the royal family! Join me to gossip about Edward VIII, his mistress-turned-wife, Wallis Simpson, and her Nazi boyfriend, Joachim von Ribbentrop. We’ll talk Hitler, we’ll talk incompetence, and we’ll talk terrible choices in flowers. Trigger warnings: Holocaust, Suicide, Addiction, Antisemitism Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected bibliography 17 Carnations, Andrew Morton Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie Image credits: Getty

Hi besties! Let's talk about WWII, Nazis, Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Magda Goebbels, Lida Baarova, and so much more. Trigger warnings: Sexual Assault, Suicide, Filicide, Holocaust Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected bibliography Goebbels, by Helmut Heiber Goebbels, Peter Longrich Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie Image credits: National Archives and Getty

Let's talk about WWII, Nazis, Hitler, Hermann Goering, fashion, makeup, and some very problematic drug use! Trigger warnings: Addiction, Holocaust Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected bibliography Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich, by Normal Ohler "Gay Men under the Nazi Regime," USHMM Goering, the Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader, by Roger Manuel and Heinrich Fraenkel "Goring,: The Nazi Lion Tamer," by John Gunther, Vanity Fair, Volume 43-45, 1935 Hitler, by Volker Ulrich Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany, by Jame Willie "Goring,: The Nazi Lion Tamer," by John Gunther, Vanity Fair, Volume 43-45, 1935 Image credits: National Archives and Getty