The Rise of the Nazi Party

S01E03: Seizing Power

As the Great Depression grips the country, the Nazis grow in popularity to become the second-biggest party in the country. When the Reichstag is burned down, Hitler makes his power grab: he suppresses the Communist Party, reaches out to centrists, blames the Jews, and promises peace abroad and full employment at home.

Overview

Episodes

S01E01 The Misfits Gather

December 9, 2013 49 min
At the end of World War I, Hitler makes his way to the politically charged city of Munich, where he joins a fringe group and begins to transform it into the Nazi Party. After recruiting...

S01E02 Becoming Respectable

December 10, 2013 49 min
Released from prison after just nine months of a five-year sentence, Hitler works with party propagandist Joseph Goebbels to rebrand the National Socialists and broaden their appeal. But by now the Weimar Republic is enjoying...

S01E03 Seizing Power

December 11, 2013 49 min
As the Great Depression grips the country, the Nazis grow in popularity to become the second-biggest party in the country. When the Reichstag is burned down, Hitler makes his power grab: he suppresses the Communist...

S01E04 In Power

December 12, 2013 49 min
Now führer, or supreme ruler of Germany, Hitler puts the country to work and the military on a rebuilding program. In a series of new laws, the Nazis identify the group they consider to be...

S01E05 Preparing for War

December 13, 2013 49 min
Hitler unveils his plans for Germany's future in Europe, much to the horror of some of his generals, who believe his timetable is reckless and unrealistic. Austria, the Sudetenland, and the rest of Czechoslovakia are...

S01E06 Hitler's Biggest Blunder

December 16, 2013 49 min
After invading Russia in June 1941, Hitler makes his biggest error of the war in the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The Nazis suffer a series of reverses at Stalingrad, in North Africa...

S01E07 The Final Solution

March 28, 2014 49 min
The Nazis groom the nation for the worst genocide in human history. Blaming the Jews for everything from Germany's surrender in World War I to its postwar economic woes, Hitler takes a series of steps...

S01E08 Plots and Delusions

December 18, 2013 49 min

S01E09 End Game

December 19, 2013 49 min

S01E10 Aftermath

December 20, 2013 49 min

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