Event: Third Reich
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The Hitler Family
Adolf Hitler tried to maintain the myth that ‘the Führer has no family’ during his life. Nonetheless, even at his heydays, rumors of his non-arian descent existed. And then there were his half-sister, and his ‘nephew from hell’ who lived in England and discredited Hitler as he was at the height of his power. This…
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Cologne in the Third Reich
Three small documentaries on the German city of Cologne during the Third Reich. Video footage and interviews with contemporary eye-witnesses tell the story of a proud catholic German city turned into a battlefield at the end of the war. Köln im “Dritten Reich (1): Der Weg in die NS-Dikatur Köln im “Dritten Reich (2): Alltag…
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Der Bunker – Hitlers Ende
This documentary produced by ZDF under the direction of journalist and historian Guido Knopp shows the last days in the nazi-bunker in Berlin. The focus is on the events from the 20th April 1945, Hitler’s last birthday , to the conquest of the bunker by the Red Army. During this timespan the marriage of Hitler and his longtime…
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The secrets of Rosenbergs diary
On the 13th of June the long lost diaries of Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946) were revealed. What may be unveiled in the 400 pages of Rosenberg’s gift to posterity? The finding of the diary is a real treat for historians while the debates on the Second World War are undiminished. Still, the diaries are ‘only’ from…
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The power of art (7): Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was born in Spain, but lived most of his life in France. His artist career started in 1900, when he left for Paris and studied. He was so poor during this period, that he burned most of his early work just to heat the room he lived in. Picasso is best known…
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Apocalypse (1): Becoming Hitler
The early life of Hitler is depicted in this episode of Apocalypse, Rise of Hitler. From his formative years to his life in Vienna and later in the trenches of the First World War, the colorized movies show the life of the infamous dictator as the rise of a failed artist to a successful right-wing…
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Austria (7): The annexation of Austria
This Austrian documentary tells the story of Austria during the annexation of March / April 1938 by the German Third Reich. It starts with the invasion of German troops on the 12th of March, 1938. Although there were no border fights and lots of Austrians were jubilant at the parading Germans through the Austrian avenues,…