Charles Potter's guest appearances

Charles Potter

Whateley

Military History Inside Out

Bryan Curtis

Jon Wertheim

Craig Williams

David Warner

Mark Allen

Adam Hamilton

David Meltzer

Mark Jones

Benjamin Allbright

Dave Smith

Patrick Smith

Bryan Fogel

Scott Harrison

Michael Klim

David King

OwlTail

Charles Potter, GM of the Northern Golf Club in Glenroy joins Gerard.

Charles Potter on Whateley (01/07/20)

Charles Potter studied Medieval literature, worked in radio production and has recorded many audio books. When he retired to France to teach he came across a memoir about Auschwitz which he ended up translating. We spoke about the book. 1:07 – Charles talks about how he got into translating this work. He was born during WWII. Two of his brothers served in the war. He studied Medieval Comparative Literature and then became a radio producer. Then he recorded many audio books. 4:00 – He moved to France during his retirement years and got to know France better. He eventually started teaching a class about how the French present WWII to themselves in movies, tv shows and other media. 6:30 – Charles talks about why the French are so fascinated by WWII. 17:34 – Charles talks about how the French depict the Resistance. 19:18 – Charles talks about French attitudes towards the film “Inglorious Basterds.” 23:01 – Charles talks about how he got into translating this book. His French wife was associated with the woman who wrote this memoir. 30:00 – The woman who wrote the memoir was from the countryside close to Paris. 32:41 – The French didn’t want to talk about their participation in the Holocaust. It wasn’t until the 1970s that things changed. 35:46 – We talk about slang used in the camps during WWII. 38:46 – Charles talks about life in the concentration camp. 42:00 – Charles talks about what she wrote about the camp’s liberation. 49:33 – Charles suggests the movie “Son of Saul” for anyone who wants to see life in these camps.   For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar1945 and on Instagram @crisalvarezswarscholar   Guests: Charles Potter Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, world war two, WWII, France, germany, Auschwitz, concentration camp, memoir, slang, commando

Charles Potter studied Medieval literature, worked in radio production and has recorded many audio books. When he retired to France to teach he came across a memoir about Auschwitz which he ended up translating. We spoke about the book. 1:07 – Charles talks about how he got into translating this work. He was born during WWII. Two of his brothers served in the war. He studied Medieval Comparative Literature and then became a radio producer. Then he recorded many audio books. 4:00 – He moved to France during his retirement years and got to know France better. He eventually started teaching a class about how the French present WWII to themselves in movies, tv shows and other media. 6:30 – Charles talks about why the French are so fascinated by WWII. 17:34 – Charles talks about how the French depict the Resistance. 19:18 – Charles talks about French attitudes towards the film “Inglorious Basterds.” 23:01 – Charles talks about how he got into translating this book. His French wife was associated with the woman who wrote this memoir. 30:00 – The woman who wrote the memoir was from the countryside close to Paris. 32:41 – The French didn’t want to talk about their participation in the Holocaust. It wasn’t until the 1970s that things changed. 35:46 – We talk about slang used in the camps during WWII. 38:46 – Charles talks about life in the concentration camp. 42:00 – Charles talks about what she wrote about the camp’s liberation. 49:33 – Charles suggests the movie “Son of Saul” for anyone who wants to see life in these camps. For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Warscholarorg-Military-History-News-and-Education-115795938127/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">warscholar</a>, on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/Warscholar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warscholar</a>, on youtube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/warscholar1945/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">warscholar1945</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crisalvarezwarscholar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@crisalvarezswarscholar</a> Guests: Charles Potter Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, world war two, WWII, France, germany, Auschwitz, concentration camp, memoir, slang, commando

WWII Holocaust history book – “You’ve Got to Tell Them” (Louisiana State Press, 2018) – Charles Potter interview