Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-26
Books mentioned on Part One: Hitler's Sex Life: The Whole Sad Story
In episode 49, Robert is joined by Brandie Posey to discus Hitler's sex life! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans recommended Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum, and discussed The Mind of Adolf Hitler by Walter C. Langer and The Pink Swastika by Scott Eric Lively and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mind of Adolf Hitler
Discussed“So, uh the root of most of the salacious Hitler [ __ ] myths is that infamous OSS report uh titled The Mind of Adolf Hitler. It was compiled by a doctor named Langanger.”
Where to get it
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Explaining Hitler
Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum is a critical analysis that examines the various psychological, historical, and biographical attempts to understand Adolf Hitler's life and the origins of the Holocaust.
Recommended“uh the ones I consider probably the two best, John Tottland's and uh Ian Kershaw's as well as a great book called Explaining Hitler that's like a synthesis of a bunch of different biographies.”
Where to get it
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The Pink Swastika
Discussed“Um, Kubisc was so emphatic about that because by the 1950s when he was working on his book, there were numerous rumors that Hitler had been gay. This conspiracy theory is best embodied by the book The Pink Swastika from 1995.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Blitzed
“So he thought that he was being medicated. He thought that and that was, you know, that we talk about that and there's a great book called Blitzed about that. Well, I'm sure we'll talk about it someday, but like that was mostly later in the war.”