The Nazis: A Warning From History
The Nazis: A Warning From History is a TV show on BBC4. The myths, motives and mentality - Laurence Rees's acclaimed history of the rise of the Nazi party. How could a nation at the heart of Europe have allowed Hitler to come to power? The program has been available since 2025. A total of 4 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
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The Nazis: A Warning From History
An insight into how the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland was characterised by huge population upheavals, chaos, petty squabbles and sheer bloodlust.
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A 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.
May 2025
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.
Documentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.