Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-09-29
Books mentioned on Part Two: Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Nazi
Robert is joined again by Matt Lieb to continue to discuss Oskar Dirlwanger. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans recommended The SS Dirlewanger Brigade by Christian Ingrao, and discussed Heinrich Himmler by Peter Longerich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The SS Dirlewanger Brigade
The SS Dirlewanger Brigade by Christian Ingrao is a historical study examining the formation, ideology, and brutal actions of a notorious Nazi unit commanded by Oskar Dirlewanger.
Recommended“And if you want to read Christian's book, which I do recommend, he goes into a lot of detail about what this means, kind of the esoteric history. I don't understand all of this.”
Where to get it
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Heinrich Himmler
Discussed“And I'm going to quote from a write up in Hinrich Himmler, a life here. Duranganger's leadership of the Sa Commando was characterized by continued alcohol abuse, looting, sadistic atrocities, rape, and murder.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“JRO Tolken wrote about hobbits afterwards. That [ __ ] wrote about hobbits. He was just like, "What if there's these cute little Irish kids and all they do is, you know, smoke weed and find rings of power?"”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“He would hate the show for a thousand other reasons. A thousand reasons you would never understand in your entire life. If you read every one of his books, some of them would be like, "Well, I don't What are you going on about, Jo?"”
Plugged After the Revolution
“Well, you can check that out. You can read my book After the Revolution. Just type that in with AK Press or or just type it into like whatever book buying website you use. You will find it and can get an ebook or a physical copy.”