

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.
Laurence Rees
BBC Two
6
48 min

By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
Sep 10, 1997

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.
Sep 17, 1997

How Hitler found himself at war with Britain, a country whose achievements he admired.
Sep 24, 1997

New insights into the Nazi reign of terror in Poland.
Oct 1, 1997

How the invasion of the Soviet Union radicalised the Nazi policy against the Jews.
Oct 8, 1997

Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bitter end.
Oct 15, 1997

Self - Narrator