The Nazis: A Warning from History
1997 · BBC One · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Fighting to the End
Wed, 15 Oct, 9:00 pm
Examining the rise of the Nazis and their impact. Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bitter end, despite continued suffering.
About
Exposes the popular myths surrounding the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Exploring how they came to power, how they ruled, how they treated their occupied territories and, above all, how a cultured nation could be responsible for such acts of inhumanity. Through compelling interviews and archive film and records, the series paints an astonishing and often unpalatable picture of the Nazi rule. Contemporaries recall the true extent of Hitler's power; eye-witnesses describe the horrors perpetrated on the Eastern Front; specially shot film in Lithuania reveals the development of the 'Final Solution' and ordinary Germans shed new light on the relationship between the party and the people.
Episodes
- E01
Helped Into Power
Wed, 10 Sept· 60 minDocumentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
- E02
Chaos and Consent
Wed, 17 Sept· 60 minA 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.
- E03
The Wrong War
Wed, 24 Sept· 60 minA look at how Hitler found himself at war with Britain - a country whose achievements he admired - and allied to his ideological enemy, the Soviet Union.
- E04
The Wild East
Wed, 1 Oct· 60 minThis film provides insights into how the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland was characterised by huge population upheavals, chaos, petty squabbles and sheer bloodlust.
- E05
The Road to Treblinka
Wed, 8 Oct· 60 minDocumentary showing how the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst for the radicalisation of the Nazi policy against the Jews.
- E06
Fighting to the End
Wed, 15 Oct· 60 minExamining the rise of the Nazis and their impact. Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bitter end, despite continued suffering.