The Nazis: A Warning from History
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.
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Ep 1Helped into Power
By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
Ep 2Chaos and Consent
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.
Ep 3The Wrong War
How Hitler found himself at war with Britain, a country whose achievements he admired.
Ep 4The Wild East
New insights into the Nazi reign of terror in Poland.
Ep 5The Road to Treblinka
How the invasion of the Soviet Union radicalised the Nazi policy against the Jews.
Ep 6Fighting to the End
Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bitter end.
BBC Two
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