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The story of how in just 13 years, Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominant force in German politics.

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    16. Make Germany Great Again

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    February 1933: The Reichstag is on fire. Parliament is forced to vote for dictatorship.

  • 15. Forwards with God

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    January 1933: the grandees grant Hitler the Chancellorship – they reckon he’s boxed in.

  • 14. How Was the Venison?

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    December 1932: no-one can form a government without Hitler, no-one will form one with him.

  • 13. Hitler? Whatever Happened To Him?

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    July 1932: the Nazis win 230 seats in parliament. The jockeying for power begins.

  • 12. Hitler Over Germany

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    Joseph Goebbels finds his soulmate. But will Magda’s Jewish former lover disqualify her?

  • 11. Germany is My Wife

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    Hitler’s niece commits suicide in his apartment – was he more than just an uncle to her?

  • 10. The Little Man

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    Excluded from government, the Nazis need an edge. And then the Depression hits Germany.

  • 9. National Socialist or Social Nationalist?

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    September 1930: the Nazi vote jumps from 2% to 18%. How did that happen?

  • 8. The Big Lie

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    Hitler recognises Goebbels’ propaganda skills and draws him deeper into the movement.

  • 7. Write the Bitterness Out of Your Soul

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    With Hitler in prison, an unpublished writer is drawn to the Nazi Party: Joseph Goebbels.

  • 6. The National Dictatorship is Here!

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    8th November 1923: the Nazis successfully seize power – but overnight it begins to unravel

  • 5. The Enemy is on the Left, The Danger is on the Right

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    The Nazi Stormtroopers are ready. Munich is ready. When will Hitler launch his coup?

  • 4. My Word is My Pledge

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    October 1922: Mussolini seizes power in Italy. Can the Nazi Party do the same in Germany?

  • 3. My Little Wolf

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    As the party grows, money is needed – millionairess Helene Bechstein writes the cheques.

  • 2. I Can Speak

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    Ordered to join the German Workers Party, Corporal Hitler discovers a gift for oratory.

  • 1. Long Live the Soviet Republic of Bavaria!

    Thu 12 Jan 2023

    Spring 1919: Corporal Hitler is summoned to Army Intelligence: they have a use for him.

  • Introducing Nazis: The Road to Power

    Wed 4 Jan 2023

    The story of how Hitler led a fringe sect to be the dominant force in German politics.

10 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler and the Nazis

10 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler and the Nazis

Uncovering lesser-known facts about the scarcely-credible rise to power of the Nazi party

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