Adolf Hitler (Part 2)

In part 2, we look at how Hitler went from building a movement to taking total power in Germany. 00:00 - How Tyrants Take Power 01:30 - Beer Hall Putsch Begins 08:00 - Hitler Sways the Crowd 12:50 - The Coup Collapses 23:30 - The Trial of the Century 38:30 - Writing Mein Kampf 44:00 - Lebensraum Vision 51:20 - The Great Reunification 58:00 - Bamberg Power Play 01:03:17 - 25 Point Program 01:08:04 - Anti-Clericalism 01:21:14 - Building For the Future 01:29:24 - Weimar System Primer 01:33:49 - Hitler Runs For President 01:36:22 - Refusing Vice Chancellor 01:43:34 - Hitler Strategy Doing Nothing 01:59:00 - Enabling Act Ends Democracy 02:05:48 - Reichstag Fire Crackdown 02:11:22 Four Lessons Wrap Up Sources:⁠ Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw⁠⁠ Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by RHS Stolfi ⁠⁠Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms ⁠⁠In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler by CJ Miller⁠ ⁠Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (New Ford Translation)⁠ ----- Sponsors:⁠ The Classical Society⁠⁠ David Senra Podcast⁠⁠ Zodl (The new Zashi wallet)⁠⁠ Speechify * This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep. Go to HelixSleep.com/TakeOverPod for 20% off your purchase. * This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Go to Incogni.com/takeover for 60% off. -----

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Adolf Hitler (Part 2) is an episode from How to Take Over the World by Benjamin Wilson.

This episode is 142:56 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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