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Old Gossip with Rebecca Siegel · July 16 · 31 min

Joachim von Ribbentrop liked Carnations

Buckle up, besties! We’ve got romance. We’ve got intrigue. We’ve got the royal family! Join me to gossip about Edward VIII, his mistress-turned-wife, Wallis Simpson, and her Nazi boyfriend, Joachim von Ribbentrop. We’ll talk Hitler, we’ll talk incompetence, and we’ll talk terrible choices in flowers. Trigger warnings: Holocaust, Suicide, Addiction, Antisemitism Cover art: My sister Intro song: My daughter Selected bibliography 17 Carnations, Andrew Morton Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie Image credits: Getty

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Buckle up, besties! We’ve got romance. We’ve got intrigue. We’ve got the royal family! Join me to gossip about Edward VIII, his mistress-turned-wife, Wallis Simpson, and her Nazi boyfriend, Joachim von Ribbentrop. We’ll talk Hitler, we’ll talk incompetence, and we’ll talk terrible choices in flowers. 

 

Trigger warnings: Holocaust, Suicide, Addiction, Antisemitism

 

Cover art: My sister 

Intro song: My daughter 

Selected bibliography

17 Carnations, Andrew Morton

Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich

Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans

Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie

 

Image credits: Getty

 

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