In episode 3, I take a look at the Reichstag fire from the perspective of modern firefighting while making use of the latest historical research and newly accessible primary sources.

I made the mistake of confusing Hett's name as "Christopher". I don't know why I did this, but his name is Benjamin Hett.

Works consulted:

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Calvocoressi, Peter. Total War. London: The Penguin Press, 1972.

Delmer, Sefton. Trail Sinister. London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1961.

Fest, Joachim C. Hitler. New York: Mariner Books, 1974.

Gisevius, Hans. To the Bitter End. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1947.

Goodson, Carl. Murnane, Lynne. Essentials of Firefighting 5th ed. OSU: Fire Protection Publications, 2008.

Hett, Benjamin Carter. Burning the Reichstag. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Kerber, Stephen. Analysis of Changing Residential Fire Dynamics and Its Implications on Firefighter Operational Timeframes. Underwriter Labratories, 2008.

Kershaw, Ian. Hitler, Hubris. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.

Ludwig Lore. “A Nazi Confesses”. The New International . Volume II, Number 1(January 1935) . Accessed November 7, 2015. https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/ni/vol02/no01/lore.htm

Mage, John. Tigar, Michael E.“The Reichstag Fire Trial, 1933-2008”. Monthly Review. Accessed November 5, 2015.

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"Nuremberg Trial Proceedings". March 18, 1946. Volume 9. Yale Law School:The Avalon Project, October 2015.http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/03-18-46.asp

Schwabe, Lars. Wolf, Oliver T. Oitzl, Melly S. “Memory formation under stress: Quantity and Quality”. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Vol 34, Issue 4 (March 2010). Accessed November 4, 2015. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976340900181X

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