You Can't Do Business with Hitler

Money Talks with a German Accent

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You Can't Do Business with Hitler is a wartime radio program addressing the dangers of doing business with Nazi Germany. The episode title, “Money Talks with a German Accent,” points to the program’s focus on the relationship between commerce and the Nazi regime.

Presented as a radio broadcast rather than a narrated book, the program offers a period perspective on the political and economic issues raised by its subject. Its direct, topical framing places the listener amid the urgent public debate of 1940, when the consequences of commercial ties with Hitler’s Germany were a matter of immediate concern.

The result is a historically situated listening experience: a forceful title and a pointed subject invite attention to how wartime radio discussed money, responsibility, and international affairs. The broadcast’s appeal lies in hearing that argument in its original radio context.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.