The Nazis: A Warning from History

The Nazis: A Warning from History

1997
1 Season
8.5
Documentary

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.

Episodes

Helped into Power
E1Sep 10, 199748m

Helped into Power

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

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E2Sep 17, 199748m

Chaos 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.

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E3Sep 24, 199748m

The Wrong War

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

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E4Oct 1, 199748m

The Wild East

New insights into the Nazi reign of terror in Poland.

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E5Oct 8, 199748m

The Road to Treblinka

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

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E6Oct 15, 199748m

Fighting to the End

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

Top Cast

Samuel West

Samuel West

Self - Narrator