Lost Home Movies Of Nazi Germany

This compelling BBC history documentary, using unique archive footage, charts the early years of Hitler’s rise to power. Home movies reveal how ordinary Germans reacted to the onslaught of Nazi propaganda and hideous political strategies such as anti-semitism, which led to The Holocaust. As World War II commences, the horrors of war are illustrated by amateur films made by frontline soldiers.

Christmas in Germany 1941 is an unsettling time. Food is scarce, the weather is freezing and Germans are starting to realize that the war is a very long way from over. This compelling BBC history documentary charts Hitler’s dreams crumbling and the moral reckoning the German people faced through personal home movie footage. What was the reaction of ordinary Germans as the Nazi vision collapsed?