Hey, I’m Sebastian, this series’ writer and researcher. I spent many hours sitting over real and scanned German Newspapers covering January 1930, and I can tell you it was a blast! I’m here for any questions you guys might have regarding research or writing!
To be fair, while I concur the stats are cooked and false, at the time the demographic situation in France post-WWI was catastrophic and there was a lack of workers, thus unemployment is not hitting as hard there, at least for now,
This is fantastic. As important as WWII history is I always feel the build up to wars is more important and needs to be talked about more in context of the times. People like Hitler or Stalin did not come out of nowhere.
Agree. Since the late 1990s, the Western establishment approach to Hitler had diverged significantly from the approach to Stalin. Before that, one of the biggest representation was Alan Bullock's 1991 book "Hitler Stalin Parallel Lives". Subsequently, there was a movement to move Hitler out of the normal German context while Stalin was retained in the normal Russian context. After 20+ years, this resulted in various forms of historical denialism. The most glaring example was the insistence that wartime Ukrainian nationalists had nothing to do with Nazi Germany. Once Hitler was portrayed as a weird person out of the context, it became difficult to understand history.
Agreed, the most important thing about the 2nd world war to learn about is how it came into being in the first place, so we can avoid those mistakes in future
I love how you're using different perspectives in journalism to show what was really going on at the time. It really brings out the agendas and mindsets of the people involved, and makes everything feel so real and powerful.
I like the different voices you're using for each political party: The Nazis sound spiteful, the Communists sound hysterical and the Social Democrats sound vague and indecisive.
The police report, like many official ones the world over, has that "we had to do it" and "as far as we know, nobody was shot" tone. Weimar police had pistols and carbines and were not slow to use them.
During my GCSEs (14-16 years old) we did Rise of Hitler, going over election results, campaign speeches, the Beer Hall Putsch, the newspaper reporting (our teacher spoke German and translated bits for us to look at). These graphics of election results are activating neurons that have been dormant for about 13 years!
We didn't touch anything like this. Tbh, it was (in when I was a kid, in the early 2000s) either "ermagerd, we Welsh so oppressed" or "ermagerd, we Welsh #1!". No real history or substance. It's why I ended up dropping it. It almost killed my interest in history.
We also had a module on the rise of the Nazis and their racial policies. For us, the "rise" part focused in particular on the end of democracy from the Reichstag fire (1933) to the death of Hindenburg (1934). One thing I remember was that the curriculum taught that the two big problems with the Weimar constitution were Article 48 (allowing presidential rule by decree) and proportional representation (which, of course, we don't have in the UK). I see that Wikipedia also says that PR was an issue, at least given that it didn't have the vote thresholds which exist in Germany today. But the idea that FPTP is less vulnerable, when it often gives only two options, seems to me to be lacking evidence, and perhaps even a sign of anglospheric exceptionalism. Germany now requires constructive votes of no confidence, so that unpopular chancellors can remain in power if there is no option which is more popular. I'm not sure, though, whether there are any parliaments in any country which choose a government using a Condorcet method (so that the executive need never be popular, so long as it is the most popular option in any one-on-one vote).
I love your use of the newspapers! A year ago I wrote a term paper for university on the demission of the Cabinet Müller II in March 1930 and its coverage in the party newspapers! I primarily analyzed and compared articles from the Vorwärts and the Vossische Zeitung.
@@Sebastian_Brandstetter Yeah personally I would just make it pop up on the screen with a blurred newspaper in the background, mostly because going where’s Waldo on the page is distracting.
So happy to be an enthusiastic audience member for this new series. I forwarded the series link to our American 18-year-old who is just starting his year-long youth ambassador program in a Brandenburg gymnasium. This history is so important for everyone in democratic societies to learn and review. Thank you.
For a political nerd like me, this is absolute manna from heaven. Politics doesn't happen "big" it happens small - tiny incidents, compromises & breakthroughs only become big for retrospective historians later. Doing this with a focus on the media people were reading & seeing that generally guides folks' opinion of what "was" happening is brilliant.
Indy and Sparty - it doesn't get better than this! The graphics could use some work to make it easier to follow but I'm sure it'll be improved as the series goes on. Thanks to all involved! The work done on this and other channels in the past 10 year is nothing short of phenomenal.
I REALLY appreciate you guys doing this. I understand some time periods between WW1 and WW2 pretty well - the Between The Wars series is quite helpful - but I have gaps, and you're covering this time period at such a low level of detail that I expect most people will learn a lot. I have two questions, and I'll ask them in their own comments.
@@nathanzylla4961 Germany's big alt-right party, AfD, won the state election in Thüringen last week. It's not 100% certain that they'll be part of the state administration, but this is bad
@@radicalesotericcentrist Neo-fascist, and not the hardest ones, ofc no really equality to the historical ones like falangism, fascism and nationalsocialism, but thats the same with moste historical things, the change.
@@Tarnatos14 How about they aren't fascist at all, and the media has been lying to you? I'm not too big of a fan either, but them advocating for direct democracy and open markets is completely opposite to fascism, which is national syndicalism aka. trade unionism for the nation.
@@radicalesotericcentristthe xeonophobia and glorification of national identity, however… The Italian fascists sang of dying for their sacred liberty - how could they possibly be authoritarian? The core element of fascism is glorification of service of the state - if capitalism is the best for the benefit of the state, then it can easily be compatible with fascism. People don’t compare the AfD to fascism idly - anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner rhetoric are the beating heart of fascism - fearing and hurting “them” rapidly becomes more important than the love and help for “us.” AfD is synonymous with hating immigrants, even scapegoating them. Whether that’s accurate or not, I cannot say, but your “but it can’t be fascism” isn’t persuasive.
Congratulations, you have smashed it! 👍👏A superb introduction to a new series. The mix of presentation style and graphics is marvelous, thoroughly entertaining and informative. I raise my glass of gin to you all.
We would recognize too much of it, and it will make people uncomfortable if they pay attention because they will see themselves cheering for… people they know aren’t great.
History was always my favorite part of grade and high school(US here) tank you so much for the edge of my seat lessons. Watches the ww1, 2, korea, cuban missle crisses. Always appreciated it.
What a wonderful new series. I look forward to future episodes. Thank you for putting it out on a Saturday, this ameliorates my World War 2 withdrawal symptoms.
They talked about this in the recent live stream. Tl:DW they will likely never make a chronological documentary on any conflict without sufficient video footage. Fearing it would be too dull to watch
I've been watching you guys since I was in middle school and you covered world war one week by week. I was first confused because you sort of already covered this topic on TimeGhost, but the idea of using german newspapers is actually brilliant. I so look forward to this.
Now that the WWII series is finished, there is a massive gap, but once again you boys (and girls) have pulled it out of the bag. Excellent work yet again team!
I love how you show the various spins put by various propaganda outlets on the same events. Every teenager in every democracy should learn to recognise propaganda, by the strong language they use to tie various emotions to events.
I like the topic, the format, and the way you two are presenting. Bravi! (Right way to say it). When things are getting bad, the extremes always makes them worse…. History repeat itself
I recommend for everyone the German TV series "Babylon Berlin," which covers the end of the Weimar era. It's the 6:30 biggest German TV production, which shows in the meticulous sets and acting. It's a visceral and graphic picture of social/political chaos of the period.
The Jason Lutes graphic novel *Berlin* is pretty good about this period. Although Lutes is American, he seems to have concentrated on sales in Germany, and as a result images of Nazi flags have the swastika blanked out, to comply with German law.
The mirrored German text in the newspaper images was much more visually distracting than I would have expected. My brain kept trying to 'un-wrong' the visuals, rather than paying full attention to what was being said.
Love the voiceovers from Indy and Spartacus. That was great! Just like all of your other videos, I can really sink my teeth into this history. Thank you!
Congratulations on opening this series with a good, solid first episode! I like the “living newspaper format,” how it tells us what different groups on the political spectrum were thinking. Could we get something like a reminder of which groups published which papers, though? The Nazi Party’s paper was obvious, and I figured out who the communists were (having the paper name in red helped), but I’m not clear about some of the others. The “Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”, for example. Indy and Spartacus’ acting helped, but I still couldn’t quite remember who the parties between the Communists and the Nazi’s were.
Vörwarts is the organ of the Social Democratic Party, who are democratic socialists in this time period but in coalition with most of the bourgeois parties - for now, that is.
This is a very different and very interesting take on this history. I'm looking forward to this series! Some feedback: It would be very helpful to have a visual note on screen showing which paper/ party it's coming from. I know you say it right before the quote but it's really easy to get lost in all of the rhetoric. Especially with such energetic delivery.
My Granddad, born in 1904, left me his coin and note collection. There are a few gems among piles of very old small change. Some of historical interest rather than of any value. Among it all I have a 100 000 Reichsmark note.
Because that's when the internal political tensions in Germany really reach boiling point. Before the NY crash, the roaring 20s kinda make extremist views of the NSDAP and KPD less appealing for a wide range of people. But now, in 01.01.1930, the economy is reeling, unemployment runs rampant, and people begin to look towards more 'extreme' solutions. Hope that helps!
I'd love a little spin-off episode exploring the coverage of the NSDAP around the time of Munich Beer Hall Putsch, and Hitler's subsequent sentencing and imprisonment. It blows my mind that a Nazi rise to power had pretty much been entirely halted, and yet managed to reemerge to eventually take power legally.
I love this format. Also, nice empty ashtray. I forget how there used to always be ashtrays everywhere. That kind of started changing in the 80s. We used to have a lot of ash trays at our house. Even though we didn't smoke, they were for people who did smoke who came over.
This is such a great idea. This is something that simply isn't touched upon for TV or documents except for people who go looking. All the talk is minimized until the start of the war. Looking forward to the next few years.
Excellent start to the series guys. The Weimar Republic & the rise of Hitler was part of my modern history course of Germany 1871-1949 when I was in 6th Form at school. My modern history teacher didn't like my analogy that Germany at this time politically was like the Wild West with all the unrest & power struggles that were happening at the time.
While basically monarchist, the DNVP suffered from some internal turmoil on the issue because "bring the Kaiser back" had relatively little appeal except to a smallish minority, especially after the Depression hit.
I love you guys so much!! Please never stop with this excellent content. Been watching since the Great War and a member of the time ghost army since DDay. Thank you Sparty, Indy, Astrid, Anna, and everyone that makes this happen.
Spartacus: Ever wanted to see me playing a Nazi? Me: Yes. The title "Hitler's Victory in Thüringen" is somewhat haunting given recent political developments ... Anyway... love the new format!
Here we go again comrades! Into the exciting and informative presentations that hook you in the first minute! I can already feel a sense of unrest and murky information among the people!
Really really like this y'all. I love the idea in general and a part of me wishes you could have done the same thing for Germany during the war. But, more than that, just the energy you two have. This feels less scripted than most of your stuff in a good way. Y'all just got good "bro" chemistry.
Man, i cant believe ill have two new series to watch of you guys. I was really rather sad knowing the world war was ending, but then Korea, and now this? we are more spoilt with content than even during ww2!
This was very informative and allows people to get a much deeper sense of the context of the time. It also puts into perspective what is going on with the afd in the same region today. I would prefer you not use fake voices with the other political parties. Some of this makes them sound unserious and even comical, which I don't believe they were at the time. Impersonations in this way devalue the history you are so deftly otherwise sharing.
I agree. New viewers may interpret it as a sign that the channel is not that serious, which is a shame, given the amount of research and hard work you put in
Every time I think you guys are phenomenal, you do something even more phenomenal. If you want to know where you are, it is vitaly important to know the road you traveled to get there.
Your first remark "Every political party in an extremely divided Germany had their own news paper" (parafracing) made me think of the US today. I do not hope we will see history repeat itself.
It's one of the great losses in our Republic, imo. "The Death Of The (objective/unbiased) Fourth Estate" has acclerated an almost universal mistrust of (any/all) authority now.
The bigger ones had several. The most influential newspapers were probably those of right-wing press magnate Alfred Hugenberg, who though not Nazi, tended to give the Nazis relatively favourable coverage. The Nazi press itself did not have a particularly high circulation and played little role in Nazi electoral surges.
Love the new show! Just a quick suggestion to maybe include some more archive-footage B-reel. Much as I love watching Sparty and Indy's body language, the view of the newsroom and the front pages can get a little old in a half-hour episode.
Want to see indie do a recreated hitler speach with all the bells and whistles! The tone, the energy, the rising and dropping of pitch and hand gesturing!
Very interesting video! I am looking forward to more from this series! The method of using media of the time reminds me of a two-part documentary series "The Third Reich: The Rise" and "The Third Reich: The Fall." These used home movies and letters written at the time in Germany. It might be worthwhile to tag the news blurbs as coming from Left, Right or Centrist as they are being acted out? Otherwise it IS kind of hard to keep track of who is screaming what! But... maybe that's the point!
I've read and heard about these events, but they were usually generalized and overshadowed by other events. This series brings these events alive by interpreting them through the eyes of the contemporary press.
Hey, I’m Sebastian, this series’ writer and researcher. I spent many hours sitting over real and scanned German Newspapers covering January 1930, and I can tell you it was a blast! I’m here for any questions you guys might have regarding research or writing!
will there be a fall series too?
Please read Austerity by Blyth. He has a good chapter on how the obsession with remaining on the gold standard led to the Nazi victory.
I dont think its a good thing to rely to much on newspapers on main reliable source. Im not sure this series would be very historicly accurate
@@Lematth88 that was the only other available resource at the time
Thank you @Sebastion
This is an absolutely awesome idea. No one else on TH-cam can rival this channel for sheer creativity.
Thank you so much!
Soo true🔥🔥🔥
@@WorldWarTwo Why did you start in 1930 though?
France: We can't have unemployed workers if we have no way of counting them!
And now America is taking notes.
@@yates667 So is Canada
'We shall employ them - to count themselves!"
To be fair, while I concur the stats are cooked and false, at the time the demographic situation in France post-WWI was catastrophic and there was a lack of workers, thus unemployment is not hitting as hard there, at least for now,
You laugh, but half the unemployed workers in germany arent counted as unemployed people to make the statistics look nicer
World Wars: The Prequel Trilogy
Exactly!
per-sequal
@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Complete that with the Japanese occupations pre-1939 and the Spanish civil war, and yes we have a prequel trilogy.
@@taufiqutomoItaly in Abyssinia too. Needs to be a tetralogy.
You better not introduce any JAR JAR BINKS characters!!!
This is fantastic. As important as WWII history is I always feel the build up to wars is more important and needs to be talked about more in context of the times. People like Hitler or Stalin did not come out of nowhere.
Exactly, the wars are "just" a consequence of a series of events.
You can see the eery parallels at the moment...
Excellent comment.
Dont forget Lenin.
Agree. Since the late 1990s, the Western establishment approach to Hitler had diverged significantly from the approach to Stalin. Before that, one of the biggest representation was Alan Bullock's 1991 book "Hitler Stalin Parallel Lives".
Subsequently, there was a movement to move Hitler out of the normal German context while Stalin was retained in the normal Russian context.
After 20+ years, this resulted in various forms of historical denialism. The most glaring example was the insistence that wartime Ukrainian nationalists had nothing to do with Nazi Germany.
Once Hitler was portrayed as a weird person out of the context, it became difficult to understand history.
Agreed, the most important thing about the 2nd world war to learn about is how it came into being in the first place, so we can avoid those mistakes in future
I love how you're using different perspectives in journalism to show what was really going on at the time. It really brings out the agendas and mindsets of the people involved, and makes everything feel so real and powerful.
Imagine living in Germany/Europe during those Depression-era years. I'd rather not, but there it is.
Funny how 30 years ago in High School I struggled to stay awake during this section of the year. But now I'm super excited to "relearn" some history.
Just goes to show how poor schooling methods mostly are.
@@MacGuyver85Just goes to show that you couldn't finish high school.
‘Super excited’, are you 15?
At first I read after 30 years of high school.
ART SCHOOL?
The voice Indy used for the Centre Party was just perfect! lol
I like the different voices you're using for each political party: The Nazis sound spiteful, the Communists sound hysterical and the Social Democrats sound vague and indecisive.
The police report, like many official ones the world over, has that "we had to do it" and "as far as we know, nobody was shot" tone. Weimar police had pistols and carbines and were not slow to use them.
For the Social Democrats there somewhat not hasn't changed much today.
During my GCSEs (14-16 years old) we did Rise of Hitler, going over election results, campaign speeches, the Beer Hall Putsch, the newspaper reporting (our teacher spoke German and translated bits for us to look at). These graphics of election results are activating neurons that have been dormant for about 13 years!
I remember doing my GCSEs on this it was very good
We didn't touch anything like this. Tbh, it was (in when I was a kid, in the early 2000s) either "ermagerd, we Welsh so oppressed" or "ermagerd, we Welsh #1!". No real history or substance. It's why I ended up dropping it. It almost killed my interest in history.
Me too History O level in 1980 had this topic. My memory of it is more big-picture than the granular events depicted here.
We also had a module on the rise of the Nazis and their racial policies. For us, the "rise" part focused in particular on the end of democracy from the Reichstag fire (1933) to the death of Hindenburg (1934).
One thing I remember was that the curriculum taught that the two big problems with the Weimar constitution were Article 48 (allowing presidential rule by decree) and proportional representation (which, of course, we don't have in the UK).
I see that Wikipedia also says that PR was an issue, at least given that it didn't have the vote thresholds which exist in Germany today. But the idea that FPTP is less vulnerable, when it often gives only two options, seems to me to be lacking evidence, and perhaps even a sign of anglospheric exceptionalism.
Germany now requires constructive votes of no confidence, so that unpopular chancellors can remain in power if there is no option which is more popular. I'm not sure, though, whether there are any parliaments in any country which choose a government using a Condorcet method (so that the executive need never be popular, so long as it is the most popular option in any one-on-one vote).
@@GarethFairclough Devolution was a mistake if thats genuinely what the devolved governments have done to education
Many of us have an insatiable thirst for history. Thanks for continuing to share your fountain of knowledge.
Thank you for watching!
"The thing is, with Hitler, the more I hear about that guy, the more I don't care for him." - Norm MacDonald
@@joelfernando1 He was an American comedian who died about 20 years ago.
@@gordybing1727
It feels like it, but it was just 2021.
@@gordybing1727 Or so the Germans would have us believe.
the set feels like a 30s noir film, very nice!
Thank you!
Thought this was a news reporting for a second
Oh shut it
Damn, beat me to the joke by one minute
The AfD leader there is really deplorable.
Grandpa, take your meds, he died 75 years ago
Except for when the afd pormises to carry on his legacy @@amogusenjoyer
From Tokyo Bay last week back to Berlin 15 years earlier this week. I’ve got historical whiplash.
Then go forward 20 years into the Korean War later in the week.
I love your use of the newspapers! A year ago I wrote a term paper for university on the demission of the Cabinet Müller II in March 1930 and its coverage in the party newspapers! I primarily analyzed and compared articles from the Vorwärts and the Vossische Zeitung.
Last time I was this early, the Kaiser was still in charge of Germany.
Last time I was this early, my girlfriend got very mad at me :(
Geyser Wilhelm
@@sirllamaiii9708What girlfriend?
@@saturnFIV3 Dude could actually sport the Pickelhaube Helmet and make it work w/style. lol
Sorry to be late, had a stopover at Busan. In the future ...
When quoting the newspapers, I might make the quotes bigger and more central - especially since the rest of the screen is static mirrored filler.
Thanks, we will consider that!
@@Sebastian_Brandstetter Yeah personally I would just make it pop up on the screen with a blurred newspaper in the background, mostly because going where’s Waldo on the page is distracting.
I was going to ask, ‘why the mirrored text’ - is it to bluff the algorhythm?
@@Sebastian_Brandstetter and a coloring or smth to better recognize the parties. Only nazis and communists are easy to guess
The level of paranoia in the German press of that time is unbelievable.
Sounds like the communists kinda called it like it was.
@@dactax37Indeed, it's just the same
are they 100% wrong considering what will happen in several years?
@@MedytacjuszThey’re *facilitating* what will happen, not predicting it.
It's similar to the modern American press now to unfortunately
Indy is loving this, he gets to be the wild man to Sparty's straight delivery. Another great series from the team.
And i thought today like any saturday where is next ww2 episode, i remembered war ended but was surprised by new series , good job !
6 years is enough to get hooked on saturday doses :)
Saturday's with Indy aren't going anywhere anytime soon!
@@Warszawski_Modernizmwe need to hear everything about World War Two.
So happy to be an enthusiastic audience member for this new series. I forwarded the series link to our American 18-year-old who is just starting his year-long youth ambassador program in a Brandenburg gymnasium. This history is so important for everyone in democratic societies to learn and review. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment.
-TimeGhost Ambassador
I love seeing Sparticus and Indy reporting together
For a political nerd like me, this is absolute manna from heaven. Politics doesn't happen "big" it happens small - tiny incidents, compromises & breakthroughs only become big for retrospective historians later. Doing this with a focus on the media people were reading & seeing that generally guides folks' opinion of what "was" happening is brilliant.
Indy and Sparty - it doesn't get better than this! The graphics could use some work to make it easier to follow but I'm sure it'll be improved as the series goes on. Thanks to all involved! The work done on this and other channels in the past 10 year is nothing short of phenomenal.
❤️❤️❤️
Thanks!
Man I’m so happy that the (pre)WW2 content is continuing! You guys are the go-to channel!
Thank you for doing this series. I was actually a bit “sad” to see the last WW2 episode. You all do such a great job. 👍👍
It was an emotional episode for us all! But, we are all very excited to have the first episode of this new series out!
I REALLY appreciate you guys doing this. I understand some time periods between WW1 and WW2 pretty well - the Between The Wars series is quite helpful - but I have gaps, and you're covering this time period at such a low level of detail that I expect most people will learn a lot. I have two questions, and I'll ask them in their own comments.
this channel is *awesome!* ...much thanks.
Thank you so much for the superchat!
This is a duo I needed more in my life.
Thank you cast, crew, and TGA!
Thanks!
Thank you very much for the superchat!
Thüringen in Germany has a special resonance when it comes to elections for this reason.
AfD won elections 😂
@@stepbruv8780 Indeed. News reports in Germany made reference to the Nazi party winning a majority back then when that happened.
How so? Never herd of knew the importance? (I'm overseas and been paying attention to Ukraine things etc)
@@nathanzylla4961 Germany's anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany is on course for victory in Thuringia.
@@nathanzylla4961 Germany's big alt-right party, AfD, won the state election in Thüringen last week. It's not 100% certain that they'll be part of the state administration, but this is bad
Oh we're so back
You mean the channel, or the fascists in Thüringen? 😭
@@ukeyaoitrash2618 If you actually think they are, then you are actively downplaying fascism.
@@radicalesotericcentrist Neo-fascist, and not the hardest ones, ofc no really equality to the historical ones like falangism, fascism and nationalsocialism, but thats the same with moste historical things, the change.
@@Tarnatos14 How about they aren't fascist at all, and the media has been lying to you? I'm not too big of a fan either, but them advocating for direct democracy and open markets is completely opposite to fascism, which is national syndicalism aka. trade unionism for the nation.
@@radicalesotericcentristthe xeonophobia and glorification of national identity, however…
The Italian fascists sang of dying for their sacred liberty - how could they possibly be authoritarian?
The core element of fascism is glorification of service of the state - if capitalism is the best for the benefit of the state, then it can easily be compatible with fascism.
People don’t compare the AfD to fascism idly - anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner rhetoric are the beating heart of fascism - fearing and hurting “them” rapidly becomes more important than the love and help for “us.”
AfD is synonymous with hating immigrants, even scapegoating them. Whether that’s accurate or not, I cannot say, but your “but it can’t be fascism” isn’t persuasive.
A Home Run. The best channel on youtube! Well done Indy and Spartacus.
And Sebastian! Sorry I left you out.
Congratulations, you have smashed it! 👍👏A superb introduction to a new series. The mix of presentation style and graphics is marvelous, thoroughly entertaining and informative. I raise my glass of gin to you all.
Cheerio!
-TimeGhost Ambassador
Another exciting series from TimeGhost, im already wishing for the next episode!
Thank you for starting this series, I've long desired Weimar content, which is lacking on TH-cam.
We would recognize too much of it, and it will make people uncomfortable if they pay attention because they will see themselves cheering for… people they know aren’t great.
The best tag-team of History is back!!
This is going to good. Im very HYPE for this series!!!
Look ing forward to this. I’m glad you’re continuing the channel. Well done. Big fan of the both of you being talking faces on the Newspapers
History was always my favorite part of grade and high school(US here) tank you so much for the edge of my seat lessons. Watches the ww1, 2, korea, cuban missle crisses. Always appreciated it.
What a wonderful new series. I look forward to future episodes. Thank you for putting it out on a Saturday, this ameliorates my World War 2 withdrawal symptoms.
Any chance you will cover the Spanish Civil War as well? Great start to this series!
This could not have come at a better time in our current political landscape… thank you for all that you do, Time Ghost Team!
i was hoping "The 30-Years-War in Real Time" would be your next project....
That would be at most month by month because of the time span but also not as much info
They talked about this in the recent live stream.
Tl:DW they will likely never make a chronological documentary on any conflict without sufficient video footage. Fearing it would be too dull to watch
@@NotFlappy12 Vietnam is still untouched.
@@Warszawski_Modernizmnice 20 year series coming up then
Our next real time project already started some weeks back with the Korean War: www.youtube.com/@TheKoreanWarbyIndyNeidell
I've been watching you guys since I was in middle school and you covered world war one week by week. I was first confused because you sort of already covered this topic on TimeGhost, but the idea of using german newspapers is actually brilliant. I so look forward to this.
Please, can you title the videos by the month and year? I didn't know this was going to be chronological, which makes me want to watch it a lot more
We have changed the title to include the date and will do so with future episodes, thank you for the feedback.
Now that the WWII series is finished, there is a massive gap, but once again you boys (and girls) have pulled it out of the bag. Excellent work yet again team!
Thank you, glad you are sticking with us ;)
-Timeghost Ambassador
I love how you show the various spins put by various propaganda outlets on the same events.
Every teenager in every democracy should learn to recognise propaganda, by the strong language they use to tie various emotions to events.
I like the topic, the format, and the way you two are presenting. Bravi! (Right way to say it). When things are getting bad, the extremes always makes them worse…. History repeat itself
I recommend for everyone the German TV series "Babylon Berlin," which covers the end of the Weimar era. It's the 6:30 biggest German TV production, which shows in the meticulous sets and acting. It's a visceral and graphic picture of social/political chaos of the period.
The Jason Lutes graphic novel *Berlin* is pretty good about this period. Although Lutes is American, he seems to have concentrated on sales in Germany, and as a result images of Nazi flags have the swastika blanked out, to comply with German law.
got about 20 minutes in and that was it
WW2 Prequel! I absolutely love the way you formatted this episode!
The mirrored German text in the newspaper images was much more visually distracting than I would have expected. My brain kept trying to 'un-wrong' the visuals, rather than paying full attention to what was being said.
Love the voiceovers from Indy and Spartacus. That was great!
Just like all of your other videos, I can really sink my teeth into this history. Thank you!
I love the various accents. Keep up the good work!
Thank you. Just saw your comment history on this channel: You are amazing, thanks again!
-TimeGhost Ambassador
A really cool concept to get the views on the news directly from the newspapers! Ill surely be wayching this series as it developes!
Congratulations on opening this series with a good, solid first episode! I like the “living newspaper format,” how it tells us what different groups on the political spectrum were thinking. Could we get something like a reminder of which groups published which papers, though? The Nazi Party’s paper was obvious, and I figured out who the communists were (having the paper name in red helped), but I’m not clear about some of the others. The “Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”, for example. Indy and Spartacus’ acting helped, but I still couldn’t quite remember who the parties between the Communists and the Nazi’s were.
Vörwarts is the organ of the Social Democratic Party, who are democratic socialists in this time period but in coalition with most of the bourgeois parties - for now, that is.
This is a very different and very interesting take on this history. I'm looking forward to this series!
Some feedback: It would be very helpful to have a visual note on screen showing which paper/ party it's coming from. I know you say it right before the quote but it's really easy to get lost in all of the rhetoric. Especially with such energetic delivery.
If you add a third host, you can have the one on the right read right-wing news, the one on the centre centre-wing, and the one on the left left-wing
A three-shot doesn't fit the frame very well.
Too many cooks
Hallo und danke Sebastian. Greetings from Greece
Thank you and you're very welcome! Greetings from Bavaria!
This is gonna be a great series. Nice idea and format.
My Granddad, born in 1904, left me his coin and note collection. There are a few gems among piles of very old small change. Some of historical interest rather than of any value. Among it all I have a 100 000 Reichsmark note.
Man, you two are on fire!
Excellent episode. Really creative format. Question is why start in 1930? In any event just great programming. Also good both of you together on it.
Because that's when the internal political tensions in Germany really reach boiling point. Before the NY crash, the roaring 20s kinda make extremist views of the NSDAP and KPD less appealing for a wide range of people. But now, in 01.01.1930, the economy is reeling, unemployment runs rampant, and people begin to look towards more 'extreme' solutions. Hope that helps!
I'd love a little spin-off episode exploring the coverage of the NSDAP around the time of Munich Beer Hall Putsch, and Hitler's subsequent sentencing and imprisonment. It blows my mind that a Nazi rise to power had pretty much been entirely halted, and yet managed to reemerge to eventually take power legally.
I love this format. Also, nice empty ashtray. I forget how there used to always be ashtrays everywhere. That kind of started changing in the 80s. We used to have a lot of ash trays at our house. Even though we didn't smoke, they were for people who did smoke who came over.
Feels like a normal day on Twitter
" for twitter it means its tuesday"
that's intended
@jackbharucha1475 : Except for the fact that most of these newspaper writers were neither anonymous or living in their mom's basement.
Great to come across this, i literally just ordered a book on the Weimar Republic.
This is such a great idea. This is something that simply isn't touched upon for TV or documents except for people who go looking. All the talk is minimized until the start of the war.
Looking forward to the next few years.
Excellent start to the series guys. The Weimar Republic & the rise of Hitler was part of my modern history course of Germany 1871-1949 when I was in 6th Form at school.
My modern history teacher didn't like my analogy that Germany at this time politically was like the Wild West with all the unrest & power struggles that were happening at the time.
Kind of sad I dont get to see/hear Indy von Neidell as a good DNVP member, who just repeats how great things would be if the Kaiser were here.
While basically monarchist, the DNVP suffered from some internal turmoil on the issue because "bring the Kaiser back" had relatively little appeal except to a smallish minority, especially after the Depression hit.
Terrific! And what a creative format? I look forward to further episodes.
“A new series? Well alright then! “
Me, after following both World Wars from the beginning.
I love you guys so much!! Please never stop with this excellent content. Been watching since the Great War and a member of the time ghost army since DDay. Thank you Sparty, Indy, Astrid, Anna, and everyone that makes this happen.
Thank you, we will try.
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Spartacus: Ever wanted to see me playing a Nazi?
Me: Yes.
The title "Hitler's Victory in Thüringen" is somewhat haunting given recent political developments ...
Anyway... love the new format!
Here we go again comrades! Into the exciting and informative presentations that hook you in the first minute! I can already feel a sense of unrest and murky information among the people!
The rather unfortunate lighting makes Indy look like he's sporting a toothbrush moustache at times.
It's thematic
If you think these masters of set design hadn’t been intentional in that choice, you don’t know the Timeghost team
Autocue fun with our two history titans.
Indy that's your bit
Sparty no that's your bit. 😅
You guys are really having fun with this. Lots more dramatic reading and vigour than usual
14:17 - "Coup plotter Frick" - he was involved in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.
Really really like this y'all. I love the idea in general and a part of me wishes you could have done the same thing for Germany during the war. But, more than that, just the energy you two have. This feels less scripted than most of your stuff in a good way. Y'all just got good "bro" chemistry.
quite ironic if you look up the current German political Situation in Thüringen
Well done! This is excellent, such an original and creative way to cover this period of history.
Man, i cant believe ill have two new series to watch of you guys. I was really rather sad knowing the world war was ending, but then Korea, and now this? we are more spoilt with content than even during ww2!
This was very informative and allows people to get a much deeper sense of the context of the time. It also puts into perspective what is going on with the afd in the same region today. I would prefer you not use fake voices with the other political parties. Some of this makes them sound unserious and even comical, which I don't believe they were at the time. Impersonations in this way devalue the history you are so deftly otherwise sharing.
Well said, I agree
I agree. New viewers may interpret it as a sign that the channel is not that serious, which is a shame, given the amount of research and hard work you put in
This is both brilliant and incisive, thank you once again Indy, Sparty, and all involved.
You know, the more I learn about this Hitler guy, the more I don't care for him.
A very interesting and creative method of presentation.
We are finally in the prequel to the sequel series, let’s do this
Every time I think you guys are phenomenal, you do something even more phenomenal. If you want to know where you are, it is vitaly important to know the road you traveled to get there.
Your first remark "Every political party in an extremely divided Germany had their own news paper" (parafracing) made me think of the US today. I do not hope we will see history repeat itself.
It's one of the great losses in our Republic, imo. "The Death Of The (objective/unbiased) Fourth Estate" has acclerated an almost universal mistrust of (any/all) authority now.
The bigger ones had several. The most influential newspapers were probably those of right-wing press magnate Alfred Hugenberg, who though not Nazi, tended to give the Nazis relatively favourable coverage. The Nazi press itself did not have a particularly high circulation and played little role in Nazi electoral surges.
You may pray, but it's a close call.
Most cities in the US had 2 or 3 newspapers.
Love the new show! Just a quick suggestion to maybe include some more archive-footage B-reel. Much as I love watching Sparty and Indy's body language, the view of the newsroom and the front pages can get a little old in a half-hour episode.
I just saw the title of this episode and I am already horrified.
this was great. it's nice to see historians using actual information from the era.
History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme, huh?
@@Killerpixel11 well, in this specific instance it has literally repeated itself
Dan Carlin, is that you?
Right? Some of those headlines and bylines/ quotes sounds like the bickering of the press today.
@@TheRedHand01how do you mean that, specifically?
@@theswampcleaner3856 AfD are a Nazi party
I found this channel recently. The style, the substance, and the personality is just perfect. Love it! Haha
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Want to see indie do a recreated hitler speach with all the bells and whistles! The tone, the energy, the rising and dropping of pitch and hand gesturing!
This series is going to be awesome. Weimar Republic era German politics and elections are so fascinating
Good timing on this series! The comments here already mirror January 1930 as we're in late summer 2024 as of this writing.
Back at it with refreshing and educating content! Should maybe become a member after ten years of weekly entertainment
Very interesting video! I am looking forward to more from this series! The method of using media of the time reminds me of a two-part documentary series "The Third Reich: The Rise" and "The Third Reich: The Fall." These used home movies and letters written at the time in Germany. It might be worthwhile to tag the news blurbs as coming from Left, Right or Centrist as they are being acted out? Otherwise it IS kind of hard to keep track of who is screaming what! But... maybe that's the point!
I've read and heard about these events, but they were usually generalized and overshadowed by other events. This series brings these events alive by interpreting them through the eyes of the contemporary press.