{"id":100981,"date":"2026-02-22T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=100981"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:40:37","slug":"how-to-use-a-tariff-war-to-disrupt-the-world-death-of-democracy-04-q4-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/how-to-use-a-tariff-war-to-disrupt-the-world-death-of-democracy-04-q4-1933\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use a Tariff War to Disrupt the World &#8211; Death of Democracy 04 &#8211; Q4 1933"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dSAAhItzv_4?si=oylx-OFINWXtKDKd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two and Spartacus Olsson<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>In 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 \u2014 then stages the November 12 plebiscite and one\u2011party <em>Reichstag<\/em> election to claim the nation stands behind him. As Goebbels tightens propaganda and press control through the Editors&#8217; Law (<em>Schriftleitergesetz<\/em>) and daily directives, the Winter Relief campaign turns &#8220;charity&#8221; into social pressure and <em>Volksgemeinschaft<\/em> theater. In December, <em>Reichsbank<\/em> 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 &#8220;unity&#8221; accelerate Europe toward a pre\u2011war era.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><br \/>\nArchive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nResearched and written by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nArtwork by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman &#038; Daniel Weiss<\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nNarodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe<br \/>\nBundesarchiv<br \/>\nUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum<br \/>\nWinter Relief postcard from Barry Hoffman Nazi Postcard Collection \u2013 Courtesy of The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8220;Deepstar&#8221; &#8211; Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen<br \/>\n&#8220;Leave It All Here&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;With Tenacity&#8221; &#8211; Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen<br \/>\n&#8220;Past Deeds&#8221; &#8211; Dream Cave<br \/>\n&#8220;Mind Reading&#8221; &#8211; Edward Karl Hanson<br \/>\n&#8220;Paragons of Virtue&#8221; &#8211; Jo Wandrini<br \/>\n&#8220;Soft Touch&#8221; &#8211; Edward Karl Hanson<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two and Spartacus Olsson Published 21 Feb 2026 In Q4 1933 Hitler pivots Nazi Germany from internal takeover to outward defiance. 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