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The Nazis: A Warning from History

  • 1997
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~48m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 8.6/10

Documentary film series that examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis' rise to power, their zenith, their decline and fall, and the consequences of their reign featuring archive footage and interviews with eyewitnesses.

Latest: Season 1 · 1997

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  1. E1. Helped into Power

    Sep 10, 1997 · 48m

    By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.

  2. E2. Chaos and Consent

    Sep 17, 1997 · 48m

    A look at the extraordinary popularity of both Hitler and the Nazis, as well as the astonishing degree of voluntary support ordinary Germans gave the infamous Gestapo.

  3. E3. The Wrong War

    Sep 24, 1997 · 48m

    How Hitler found himself at war with Britain, a country whose achievements he admired.

  4. E4. The Wild East

    Oct 1, 1997 · 48m

    New insights into the Nazi reign of terror in Poland.

  5. E5. The Road to Treblinka

    Oct 8, 1997 · 48m

    How the invasion of the Soviet Union radicalised the Nazi policy against the Jews.

  6. E6. Fighting to the End

    Oct 15, 1997 · 48m

    Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bitter end.