The Nazis: A Warning from History

How was Hitler ever allowed to come to power? This enthralling history documentary features film archive discoveries from Russia and interviews with eyewitnesses, many who have never spoken before. They reveal how the Nazi party was born and grew. Why, in 1933, did Germany's President Hindenburg appoint a new popular chancellor in Hitler who was openly committed to overthrowing German democracy?

Hitler and the Nazis enjoyed extraordinary popularity amongst ordinary Germans during the 1930s. How did this adoration develop and what opposition was there? This groundbreaking history documentary looks at the rise of Hitler’s cult of personality and the astonishing degree of voluntary support ordinary Germans gave the infamous secret police force known as the Gestapo.

Hitler’s favorite film was the Hollywood epic The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. He loved this portrayal of the mighty British Empire. How was it possible then, that in 1939 Hitler found himself at war with a country whose achievements he admired, Great Britain, and allied to his ideological enemy, the Soviet Union? This fascinating history documentary charts the course of the Nazis’ road to war.

Nearly one in five Poles died after the Nazi invasion of 1939. This eye-opening documentary destroys the myth that Poland's Nazi leaders were acting under detailed 'orders' and that the country's Nazi administration was a model of German efficiency. Instead, the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland was characterized by huge population upheavals, chaos, petty squabbles and sheer bloodlust.

How was it possible that the Nazis created killing factories in order to exterminate Jews and others they thought 'undesirable'? This remarkable history documentary demonstrates how the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst to the radicalization of the Nazi policy against the Jews that led to one of the greatest crimes the world has ever faced: the Holocaust.

After the Battle of Stalingrad, the German people experienced nothing but disaster. So why, when the war seemed lost, did the Nazis fight on? This fascinating history documentary examines why Germany inflicted destruction on countless others and suffered so much as the war ended. To what extent did the fear and hatred of Bolshevism drive many Germans to fight to the bitter end?