World War Two and Spartacus Olsson
Published 21 Feb 2026In Q4 1933 Hitler pivots Nazi Germany from internal takeover to outward defiance. The London Economic Conference collapses and the tariff truce unravels, Hitler withdraws from the Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations — then stages the November 12 plebiscite and one‑party Reichstag election to claim the nation stands behind him. As Goebbels tightens propaganda and press control through the Editors’ Law (Schriftleitergesetz) and daily directives, the Winter Relief campaign turns “charity” into social pressure and Volksgemeinschaft theater. In December, Reichsbank president Hjalmar Schacht hardens the transfer moratorium to conserve foreign currency for raw materials and rearmament. Using contemporary voices, this episode shows how isolation, manipulation, and “unity” accelerate Europe toward a pre‑war era.
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Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters – https://www.screenocean.comHosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Director: Iryna Dulka
Community Management: Anna Deinhard & Tom Aldis
Researched and written by: Spartacus Olsson
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Artwork by: Spartacus Olsson
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman & Daniel WeissImage sources:
Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Bundesarchiv
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Winter Relief postcard from Barry Hoffman Nazi Postcard Collection – Courtesy of The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
“Deepstar” – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
“Leave It All Here” – Fabien Tell
“With Tenacity” – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
“Past Deeds” – Dream Cave
“Mind Reading” – Edward Karl Hanson
“Paragons of Virtue” – Jo Wandrini
“Soft Touch” – Edward Karl HansonA TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.
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