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Rise of the Nazis
Episode 3 Preview | Night of the Long Knives
See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base. His advisors persuade him to destroy the Nazi stormtroopers and their leader – one of his oldest friends – to make the SS Germany’s only paramilitary force.
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See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base.
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