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Rise of the Nazis
The First Six Months in Power
Season 1
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Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state. The Nazis have the power to ban free speech, books are burned, and Jewish people, gay people and those holding anti-Nazi beliefs begin to disappear.
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55:49
After Stalingrad, Hitler leaves it to the men around him to pull Germany from the abyss.
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54:52
It’s 1942, and Hitler has just lost the Battle of Moscow. German troops are desperate.
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The battles on the Eastern Front are viewed by many as the defining conflict of WWII.
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See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base.
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See the events that propel Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government.