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Richard J. Evans: Hitler’s People

03/02/2025
61 min
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Why did so many Germans take part in Nazi crimes? How did they come to support Hitler and follow him almost to the very end? Renowned historian Richard J. Evans strips away the veneer of legend from the faces of the Third Reich, using a mass of recently unearthed new evidence to present a more realistic view of Nazi perpetrators as human beings who were disturbingly like us. The former Regius Professor of History at Cambridge, author of Wolfson-winner Death in Hamburg and The Pursuit of Power returns to Jewish Book Week with his latest Sunday Times bestseller. 

An event from Jewish Book Week 2025

About the speakers

Richard Evans

Richard Evans is the Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His books include Death in Hamburg (winner of the Wolfson Literary Award for History), In Hitler’s Shadow, Rituals of Retribution (winner of the Fraenkel […]
Clare Mulley

Clare Mulley is an award-winning author and broadcaster, primarily focused on female experience during the Second World War. Popular on TV, radio & many pods, Clare also writes and reviews widely across the press, and has judged history and biography prizes. Image © JP Masclet

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Richard J. Evans: Hitler’s People

03/02/2025
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61 min

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Richard Evans

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Richard Evans is the Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a...

Clare Mulley

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Clare Mulley is an award-winning author and broadcaster, primarily focused on female experience during the Second World War. Popular on TV, radio & many...