Season 1 (2021)

The Seeds of Violence 1918-1922
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May 8, 2021 • 45m

At the beginning there is the promise of old greatness and new order, at the end there is the murder of millions. What lies in bet...Read more

Deceit and Delusion 1923-1928
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May 8, 2021 • 45m

In 1923, the NSDAP had grown to 55,000 members, and its party leader, Adolf Hitler, was portraying himself as the strong man of th...Read more

Democracy Without Democrats 1929-1933
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May 8, 2021 • 45m

At the end of the 1920s, the "rural people's movement" protested against social decline. The protest became a radical movement, wh...Read more

The Racial State 1933-1934
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May 8, 2021 • 45m

As soon as he took office, Chancellor Adolf Hitler dropped his mask and nipped any opposition in the bud. In less than two years, ...Read more

Hidden in Plain Sight 1935-1938
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May 8, 2021 • 45m

Hitler's aggressively anti-Semitic policy is supported by millions of Germans. Jews are discriminated against, deprived of their r...Read more

Up in Flames 1936-1940
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May 8, 2021 • 44m

On September 1, 1939, German troops invade Poland. SS men follow behind them with orders to murder the Polish intelligentsia. Thou...Read more

The Gates of Hell 1941-1942
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May 8, 2021 • 44m

On June 22, 1941, Hitler's army attacks the Soviet Union. In the shadow of the war, Germans commit mass murder against the Jewish population.

Genocide 1942-1944
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May 9, 2021 • 43m

In occupied Poland, "Operation Reinhardt" begins in 1942. Within a few months, the Germans murder more than two million Jews in ca...Read more

Downfall 1943-1945
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May 9, 2021 • 45m

The defeat at Stalingrad in 1943 was the turning point in the war. While the Gestapo nipped any resistance in the bud, the death m...Read more

The Reckoning 1945-1948
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May 9, 2021 • 45m

The Second World War ended in 1945, but the violence continued. Survivors and victors wanted to hold the Germans accountable. But who is to blame?