The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis

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   E1. The Seeds of Violence 1918-1922

   May 8, 2021 · 45m

   At the beginning there is the promise of old greatness and new order, at the end there is the murder of millions. What lies in between is a warning from history.

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   E2. Deceit and Delusion 1923-1928

   May 8, 2021 · 45m

   In 1923, the NSDAP had grown to 55,000 members, and its party leader, Adolf Hitler, was portraying himself as the strong man of the right-wing extremist scene. But what was he up to?

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   E3. Democracy Without Democrats 1929-1933

   May 8, 2021 · 45m

   At the end of the 1920s, the "rural people's movement" protested against social decline. The protest became a radical movement, whose anger was exploited by Hitler and the NSDAP.

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   E4. The Racial State 1933-1934

   May 8, 2021 · 45m

   As soon as he took office, Chancellor Adolf Hitler dropped his mask and nipped any opposition in the bud. In less than two years, he turned Germany into a dictatorship.

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   E5. Hidden in Plain Sight 1935-1938

   May 8, 2021 · 45m

   Hitler's aggressively anti-Semitic policy is supported by millions of Germans. Jews are discriminated against, deprived of their rights and persecuted in plain sight.

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   E6. Up in Flames 1936-1940

   May 8, 2021 · 44m

   On September 1, 1939, German troops invade Poland. SS men follow behind them with orders to murder the Polish intelligentsia. Thousands fall victim to them.

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