Weimar and Hitler: How did fascism take hold in Germany’s historic town? With Katja Hoyer
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Hello and welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. Today on the podcast, we explore one of the darkest and most important questions in modern history. How did fascism take hold in Germany? Through the story of the historic town of Weimar, historian Katja Hoyer reveals how a centre of culture, art and democracy became a Gateway to dictatorship.
From the promise of the Weimar Republic to the rise of Hitler and the shadow of Buchenwald, this is a conversation about politics, people, and the choices that shape history. Our host today is Dr. Sophie Scott Brown, lecturer in philosophy at the University of East Anglia. Let's join Sophie now with more. Hello, welcome to Intelligence Squared.
I'm Sophie Scott Brown and I'm talking today with Katja Hoyer. Katia is a German-British historian. And she's currently a visiting fellow at King's College London and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She's also a regular columnist for Zaitung and a regular contributor for Bloomsburg and the Spectator and the Daily Telegraph. Now, you might be familiar with Katia from her previous books, uh
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