Season 1
10 episodes · May 8, 2021
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S1E1The Seeds of Violence 1918-1922
May 8, 202145mAt the beginning there is the promise of old greatness and new order, at the end there is the murder of millions. What lies in between is a warning from history.
S1E2Deceit and Delusion 1923-1928
May 8, 202145mIn 1923, the NSDAP had grown to 55,000 members, and its party leader, Adolf Hitler, was portraying himself as the strong man of the right-wing extremist scene. But what was he up to?
S1E3Democracy Without Democrats 1929-1933
May 8, 202145mAt the end of the 1920s, the "rural people's movement" protested against social decline. The protest became a radical movement, whose anger was exploited by Hitler and the NSDAP.
S1E4The Racial State 1933-1934
May 8, 202145mAs soon as he took office, Chancellor Adolf Hitler dropped his mask and nipped any opposition in the bud. In less than two years, he turned Germany into a dictatorship.
S1E5Hidden in Plain Sight 1935-1938
May 8, 202145mHitler's aggressively anti-Semitic policy is supported by millions of Germans. Jews are discriminated against, deprived of their rights and persecuted in plain sight.
S1E6Up in Flames 1936-1940
May 8, 202144mOn September 1, 1939, German troops invade Poland. SS men follow behind them with orders to murder the Polish intelligentsia. Thousands fall victim to them.
S1E7The Gates of Hell 1941-1942
May 8, 202144mOn June 22, 1941, Hitler's army attacks the Soviet Union. In the shadow of the war, Germans commit mass murder against the Jewish population.
S1E8Genocide 1942-1944
May 9, 202143mIn occupied Poland, "Operation Reinhardt" begins in 1942. Within a few months, the Germans murder more than two million Jews in camps that serve only one purpose: mass murder.
S1E9Downfall 1943-1945
May 9, 202145mThe defeat at Stalingrad in 1943 was the turning point in the war. While the Gestapo nipped any resistance in the bud, the death marches back to the Reich began in 1944.
S1E10The Reckoning 1945-1948
May 9, 202145mThe Second World War ended in 1945, but the violence continued. Survivors and victors wanted to hold the Germans accountable. But who is to blame?