World War Two

How Hitler Targeted Czechoslovakia - Death of Democracy 22 - Q2 1938

Be a hero — join the TimeGhost Army and help us keep historical memory alive as a bulwark against the return of our worst mistakes on patreon.com/c/TimeGhosthistory ot on: TimeGhost.tv Spring 1938: Hitler has taken Austria. Now he turns toward Czechoslovakia - and at home, Nazi Germany’s terror against Jews and other targeted minorities accelerates. In this episode of Death of Democracy, Spartacus Olsson reports from Berlin at the end of Q2 1938, as the Nazi regime fuses foreign-policy intimidation with domestic repression. After the Anschluss, Hitler pressures Czechoslovakia over the Sudetenland, but the May Crisis exposes that Germany may not yet be ready for war. Humiliated, Hitler secretly issues a revised Case Green directive: Czechoslovakia is to be smashed by military action. At the same time, persecution inside the Reich escalates. Jews are forced to register assets. The Nuremberg Laws are extended to annexed Austria. The Great Synagogue in Munich is demolished. Berlin sees orchestrated anti-Jewish street violence. And during “Operation Work-Shy Reich,” thousands of so-called “asocials” are sent to concentration camps - including the first mass arrest of Jews since Hitler’s seizure of power. This is the quarter when the road from Anschluss to Munich becomes clearer: diplomatic extortion abroad, racial terror at home, and a world still hoping that concessions might preserve peace. In this episode: The April 1938 Anschluss plebiscite Jewish asset registration and Aryanization The extension of the Nuremberg Laws to Austria The Sudeten May Crisis Hitler’s Case Green directive against Czechoslovakia The demolition of Munich’s Great Synagogue Anti-Jewish violence in Berlin Operation Work-Shy Reich Flossenbürg and the expansion of concentration-camp labor The world’s hesitant response to Nazi escalation Hashtags #NaziGermany #WorldWarTwo #Czechoslovakia #SudetenCrisis #HistoryDocumentary Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Follow our Moderators on Instagram! Spartacus Olsson: https://www.instagram.com/spartacusolsson/ Indiana Neidell: https://www.instagram.com/indy_neidell/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted 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 Research and writing by: Spartacus Olsson Edited by: Iryna Dulka Artwork by: Spartacus Olsson Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2 Archive footage: https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: Filmcollectief United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Bundesarchiv Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Deepstar - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Collusion - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Danger Zone - Craft Case Estimations - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Rivers Run Red - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen The Battle of the Forgotten People - Christian Andersen Solace - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.