The Rise of the Nazi Party

Name: The Rise of the Nazi Party
Released: 2014-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alex Dee, Lee Neville, Joseph Kloska

TV Show · History · Documentary

Examines how the National Socialists exploited the economic turmoil of their time, got into power in Germany in 1933 and then led their nation into a nightmare of everyday brutality, genocide and military defeat.

2014 · 49m

Starring Alex Dee, Lee Neville, Joseph Kloska

EPISODE 1

The Misfits Gather

Adolf Hitler builds a fringe political group into the Nazi Party; Hitler's men attempt a coup known as the Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923.
EPISODE 2

Becoming Respectable

Hitler is arrested for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch; Hitler begins writing his political manifesto, Mein Kampf, while serving time in prison.
EPISODE 3

Seizing Power

Hitler blames unemployment and other economic maladies caused by the Great Depression on Germany's democratic Weimar government.
EPISODE 4

In Power

Hitler wins the hearts and minds of Germans as he plots to rid his country of Jewish people; over 1000 synagogues are burned in the November 1938 attacks known as Kristallnacht.
EPISODE 5

Preparing For War

Hitler summons his generals and reveals his plans to annex Austria and the German-speaking lands in Czechoslovakia.
EPISODE 6

Hitler's Biggest Blunder

The German people begin to see through the facade of the Nazi propaganda machine as the war changes course in 1941.