Synopsis
Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands of Hitler and put the Holocaust and atomic bombs into a wider context.
- Programme: History File
- Episode: Nazi Germany - Part 2
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2000
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