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Ep 34 – Anthropoid – The Heroic Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

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This week, we discuss the movie Anthropoid, about the mission of the same name, set up to kill the evilest of evils, Reinhard Heydrich. Perhaps one of the only evils to get the ending he deserved. (Spoilers: It was slow and painful.)

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Behind the Bastards episodes on Reinhard Heydrich

Yes, Heydrich was awful, but there’s something to be said for learning about evil men, just so we don’t become that evil ourselves. And Behind the Bastards have two cracking episodes about Reinhard Heydrich that we recommend you listen to.

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