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Nazis: A Warning from History

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Season 1
How could a cultured nation at Europe’s heart be responsible for acts so heinous, they have altered concepts of what man is capable of? This groundbreaking documentary series is the definitive history of the rise and fall of the Nazis. From the first stirrings of Hitler’s diabolical vision to the destruction of the Nazi war machine, unseen footage and eyewitnesses reveal the inner story of WWII.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Helped Into Power
    February 7, 1998
    48min
    TV-PG
    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?
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  2. S1 E2 - Chaos & Consent
    February 7, 1998
    48min
    TV-PG
    If the Germans are famous for one quality, it is efficiency. Yet the Nazi administration of Germany during the 1930s was characterized by radical chaos.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Wrong War
    February 7, 1998
    48min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Wild East
    February 7, 1998
    48min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Road to Treblinka
    February 7, 1998
    49min
    TV-PG
    With access to extraordinary new material from Lithuania, including an interview with a member of the Nazi killing squads, this program examines how the Nazi could commit acts that have altered forever of the depths of human cruelty.
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  6. S1 E6 - Fighting to the End
    February 7, 1998
    49min
    TV-PG
    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?
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