Synopsis
How Hitler managed to gain the support of the majority of the German public.
- Programme: The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- History | Germany, 1890-1945 | Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-39 | The police state
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