• Air date: 10 Sep '97 6 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Helped into Power

      10 Sep '97
      By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
    • 2. Chaos and Consent

      17 Sep '97
      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.
    • 3. The Wrong War

      24 Sep '97
      How Hitler found himself at war with Britain, a country whose achievements he admired.
    • 4. The Wild East

      01 Oct '97
      New insights into the Nazi reign of terror in Poland.
    • 5. The Road to Treblinka

      08 Oct '97
      How the invasion of the Soviet Union radicalised the Nazi policy against the Jews.
    • 6. Fighting to the End

      15 Oct '97
      Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bitter end.