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ZEITGEIST - The PodcastThe Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue OperationA little-known group of diplomats attempted to save the lives of thousands of Jewish men, women and children trapped in Nazi-occupied Europe. Earlier this week, I spoke to Roger Moorhouse about his new book. Get full access to ZEITGEIST at www.katjahoyer.uk/subscribe2023-08-1244 min
Aspects of HistoryBooks of the Year with The GangThis week three writers join me to talk summer reading recommendations from the world of history and historical fiction.BooksSerhii Plokhy - The Russo Ukrainian WarOwen Matthews - OverreachNigel Biggar - ColonialismVictoria Mackenzie - For Thy Great PainRoger Moorhouse – The ForgersTom Holland - PaxSaul David - Devil DogsJohn Sayles – Jamie MacGillivrayDavid Carpenter - Henry III pt 2Martyn Rady – The Middle KingdomsWilbur Smith – NemesisKatie Da...2023-07-0459 minAspects of HistoryBooks of the Year with The GangThis week three writers join me to talk summer reading recommendations from the world of history and historical fiction.BooksSerhii Plokhy - The Russo Ukrainian WarOwen Matthews - OverreachNigel Biggar - ColonialismVictoria Mackenzie - For Thy Great PainRoger Moorhouse – The ForgersTom Holland - PaxSaul David - Devil DogsJohn Sayles – Jamie MacGillivrayDavid Carpenter - Henry III pt 2Martyn Rady – The Middle KingdomsWilbur Smith – NemesisKatie Da...2023-07-0459 min
Dublin Festival of History PodcastBlood & Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 - Katja Hoyer in Conversation with Roger MoorhouseBefore 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France – all without destroying itself in the process?In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to it...2022-03-2455 minDublin Festival of History PodcastBlood & Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 - Katja Hoyer in Conversation with Roger MoorhouseBefore 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France – all without destroying itself in the process?In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to it...2022-03-2455 min