Dr Philip W. Blood, author of 'Birds of Prey', joins us in this follow-up to our recent episode where I erased the noted Luftwaffe ace, Gunther Rall, signature, off of a print by Robert Taylor.
Phil and I delve into the truth about Luftwaffe complicity in the crimes of the Nazis during the Second World War and discuss the uncomfortable relationship with the regard to which those who survived were viewed.
Grab your copy of Phil's Birds of Prey: Hitler’s Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland and War Comes to Aachen: The Nazis, Churchill and the 'Stalingrad of the West' at The Aviation Show Bookshop. 10% of every sale supports the show and independent bookshops.
Birds of Prey
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9783838215679
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War Comes to Aachen
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781911723691
US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781911723691
You can listen to both parts of our Birds of Prey discussion with Dr. Philip Blood via the old History Hack podcast here on The Aviation Show website here: https://theaviation.show/hedge-hopping/
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0:00 Erasing History Debate
1:49 Collecting Luftwaffe Prints
7:38 Luftwaffe and Nazi Ideology
15:08 Signatures and Historical Value
17:56 Mass Signatures Questioned
27:59 Rudel and War Myths
36:32 Commercial Versus Historic Autographs
38:54 Erasure as History
46:57 Public Memory and Hero Worship
49:17 Anti-Semitism in Luftwaffe Stories
54:35 Final Solution and Aftermath
56:31 Auschwitz Book Preview
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