Inside the SS
2017–2018 · National Geographic · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Rise to Power
Wed, 11 Apr, 2:00 am
This episode examines the rise and fall of the Nazi paramilitary organization and brutal killing force under Adolf Hitler.
About
To better understand the nature of fanaticism, retrace the bloody history of the young volunteers who joined the SS, the Schutzstaffel. Hitler created these ‘protection squadrons' in 1925 to assure his personal security before using them to manage the repression of the regime's real or imagined enemies and then, from 1942, the death camps. Several SS members, still alive today, bear testimony to their membership of the ‘Black Order'.
Episodes
- E01
Hitler's Evil Elite
Mon, 11 Dec· 60 minHitler created the SS as an elite private army that would be loyal to him to the death and that would take charge of political repression in Germany.
- E02
Hitler's Killing Machine
Mon, 11 Dec· 60 minThinking they were defending Germany, a large number of young SS volunteers took part in one of the biggest massacres in history.
- E03
Rise to Power
Wed, 11 Apr· 60 minThis episode examines the rise and fall of the Nazi paramilitary organization and brutal killing force under Adolf Hitler.
