Hitler: Germany's Fatal Attraction
As April 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler, this documentary investigates the before, during and final days of the most terrifying dictator of the western world.
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1. Gradual Beginnings
After WWI Adolf Hitler attends the meetings of the German Workers Party, a far right political party centred around racism and anti-Semitism; the natural home for Adolf Hitler’s political beliefs. He rapidly works his way up and builds a loyal following of the most brutal men in Germany. Capitalising from the broken state of Germany post WWI Hitler sets about his revolution. The infamous Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 was superficially a failure which saw Hitler arrested, imprisoned and silenced from speaking. But this was only the beginning of a reign of terror.
2. The Implementation of Terror
Two key events of the late 1920’s see the foundations of the National Socialist Party firmly cemented in nations psyche: The ban on Hitler’s public speaking was lifted and Wall Street crashed. The devastating mix of propaganda and unbridled terror caused the German nation to fall under his spell, seemingly oblivious to the racial hatred being doled. WWII loomed, the manufacture of weapons meant unemployment was a thing of the past and the economy bloomed and so Nazi popularity would soar.
3. Death, Destruction and Legacy
1939 would see the outbreak of WWII, Hitler sets off his blitzkrieg across Europe and after the popularity from taking Poland and France the tide begins to turn. With a defiant Russia on the East and the American & British on the West the Nazis look to the Jewish population to vent their anger. With the war all but lost and with the German population left in an acute state of shock Hitler and the Nazi Party would carry out one more act of terror and then die but their legacy would live on...
Cast
Richard J. Evans
Self - Historian
Martin Kemp
Self - Art Historian
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
This is a pretty good documentary on Germany just before and during that repressive, violent and hateful Nazi regime. Rather than focus just on Hitler and his minions, or the allies, the series uses the angle of why the people of Germany fell for and supported the fascist bullies. Unfortunately I have recently viewed other World War II documentaries, so some of this information seemed familiar to me. But, except for a rather static voiceover that could have been more lively, I still didn't have any difficulty sticking with the series to the end.
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