Germany 20th Century

S1E6 | World on Fire

The Nazis have taken Paris with not a bullet fired. Webster and Albert's life in the city they love will never be the same again.

20: Genocide | The World at War

This edition recounts Himmler's plans to realise Hitler's vision of a pure Aryan Germany. Narrated by Laurence Olivier.

1: A New Germany | The World at War

Laurence Olivier narrates the acclaimed documentary series telling the story of World War II. Stricken by humiliating defeat and emerging...

S4E1: Most Wanted | Rise of the Nazis

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, as the Allies uncover the scale of the Holocaust, the hunt is on to capture and convict the...

S3E3: Into the Abysss | Rise of the Nazis

In April 1945, most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. As the Soviets near Hitler's hiding place, the Nazi regime st...

S3E1: Who Will Betray Him? | Rise of the Nazis

Germany is losing the war, but Hitler refuses surrender. Instead, he pursues a policy of total war, which plays out as a psych...

S2E3: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and a...

S2E2: Stalingrad | Rise of the Nazis

The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met ...

S2E1: Barbarossa | Rise of the Nazis

At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, while prepa...

S1E2: The First Six Months in Power | Rise of the Nazis

At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on...

S1E3: Night of the Long Knives | Rise of the Nazis

Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers a...

S1E1: Politics | Rise of the Nazis

Delving into the corridors of power where Germany's top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for hi...

Episode 2 | Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

Amateur footage of frontline and civilian stories that offers new insights into life and atrocities in WWII Germany and the occu...

Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

Amateur footage of frontline and civilian stories that offers new insights into life in prewar Germany and during the early days of the WWII...

S2E5: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal | Days That Shook the World

Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Adolf Hitler as the intended victim.

S2E1: Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg | Days That Shook the World

Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Hindenburg crash in 1937.

6: Fighting to the End | Nazis: A Warning from History

Examining the rise of the Nazis and their impact. Fear and hatred of Bolshevism drove many Germans to fight to the bit...

4: The Wild East | Nazis: A Warning from History

This film provides insights into how the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland was characterised by huge population upheavals, ch...

3: The Wrong War | Nazis: A Warning from History

A look at how Hitler found himself at war with Britain - a country whose achievements he admired - and allied to his ideolog...

2: Chaos and Consent | Nazis: A Warning from History

A look at the extraordinary popularity of both Hitler and the Nazis, as well as the astonishing degree of voluntary supp...

1: Munich 1938 | Summits

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that have shaped the modern world. He examines Chamberlain's hubristic misreading of Hitl...

1: Hitler | Secrets of Leadership

Historian Andrew Roberts analyses Adolf Hitler's leadership techniques - and reveals the modern-day movers and shakers, in politics and bus...

9: The Road to Berlin | Twentieth Century History

1943-45 - the final years of the Second World War lead to the defeat of Hitler's Germany and the problems of post-war Europe.

4: Hitler's Germany 1933-36 | Twentieth Century History

History programme for schools looking at Germany under Adolf Hitler's rule during the period of 1933 to 1936.

9: Stalingrad | The World at War

After initial successes, Hitler's invasion of Russia is decisively stopped at Stalingrad.

5: Barbarossa | The World at War

The German-Soviet pact ends, and Hitler turns his tanks and troops against Russia.

1: A New Germany | The World at War

Laurence Olivier narrates the acclaimed documentary series telling the story of World War II. Stricken by humiliating defeat and emerging...

Episode 2 | The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

The second episode reveals how Hitler managed to lead Germany to war in 1939 and orchestrate the dramatic victory over the Fren...

Episode 3 | The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

This final episode in the series reveals how Hitler tried to retain the power of his charismatic leadership once the Germans st...

Episode 1 | The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, yet was once loved by millions. How was this possible, and what role did Hitler's alleg...

S3E1: Who Will Betray Him? | Rise of the Nazis

Germany is losing the war, but Hitler refuses surrender. Instead, he pursues a policy of total war, which plays out as a psych...

S2E1: Barbarossa | Rise of the Nazis

At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, while prepa...

S1E3: Night of the Long Knives | Rise of the Nazis

Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers a...

S1E2: The First Six Months in Power | Rise of the Nazis

At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on...

S1E1: Politics | Rise of the Nazis

Delving into the corridors of power where Germany's top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for hi...

Episode 2 | Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

Amateur footage of frontline and civilian stories that offers new insights into life and atrocities in WWII Germany and the occu...

S3E3: Hitler Diaries | Days That Shook the World

The fallout from the Sunday Times's publication of bogus Hitler diaries in 1983.

S2E5: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal | Days That Shook the World

Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Adolf Hitler as the intended victim.

5: Opposition to Hitler | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands...

4: Youth in Hitler's Germany | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the ...

11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

The Berlin blockade of 1948-49 and the Korean War 1950-53.

S4E3: The Reckoning | Rise of the Nazis

As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas....

S4E2: The Ratline | Rise of the Nazis

As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas. T...

S1E5: The Fall of the Berlin Wall | Days That Shook the World

Exploring the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 from the perspective of a Checkpoint Charlie Stasi guard commander.

23: The Wall Comes Down: 1989 | Cold War

Gorbachev makes clear Eastern European countries were free to determine their own destinies. In Poland Solidarity enters into negoti...

7: After Stalin: 1953-1956 | Cold War

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader after the death of Stalin. Khrushchev rolls back a number of oppressive measures that existed u...

4: Berlin: 1948-1949 | Cold War

By 1947, the United States placed as a high priority the revival of the German economy, an approach opposed by the Soviet Union. After the in...

The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen (2006)

Oscar-winning drama set in 1980s East Germany about a Stasi agent, employed to spy on a dramatist and his lover, who becom...

Fall of the Berlin Wall | Newsnight

As the Berlin Wall starts to be taken apart as rapidly as it arose, Peter Snow and Olenka Frenkiel report from the city on how people on ...

Memories of Berlin Wall coming down | Newsround

On 9 November 1989, East Germany's rulers gave permission for the Berlin wall's gates to be opened. We speak to Vivien and Sa...

The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall

Documentary exploring the story of the Berlin Wall, uncovering a world of flawed heroes and heroic villains, compromised victories and sad...

Postwar: E17: A New Jerusalem? | Politically

S2E4 | World on Fire

As Kasia takes on her first assignment as an agent, Rajib's military values are tested. Meanwhile, a familiar face comes to David's aid.

S2E3 | World on Fire

As Stan and Rajib make a hasty retreat across the desert, Marga reasserts her commitment to the führer. Meanwhile, David is in peril in the skies over F...

S2E2 | World on Fire

As Harry struggles to adapt to the reality of desert combat, Lois still longs to leave home. In Paris, Henriette is in grave danger, and a mysterious st...

S1E7 | World on Fire

On a Polish mission as part of the SOE, Harry grasps a second chance at saving Kasia from the horrors of Warsaw, while Lois looks set for happiness with...

S1E4 | World on Fire

Harry's courage is tested at Louvain as he comes face to face with a German sniper, and Kasia's resistance activity in Warsaw intensifies.

S1E2 | World on Fire

A month after the outbreak of war, Warsaw is unrecognisable, while Manchester, on the surface, appears very much the same. Will there be a warm welcome ...

Series 1 | World on Fire

When war breaks, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw, but how will he explain this to his sweetheart Lois, waitin...

Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

Amateur footage of frontline and civilian stories that offers new insights into life in prewar Germany and during the early days of the WWII...

S1E6: Kristallnacht | Days That Shook the World

Two days defined the fortunes of 20th-century Jews: Kristallnacht on September 9, 1938, a turning point in Nazi persecution, ...

S1E6: The Birth of Israel | Days That Shook the World

Two days defined the fortunes of 20th-century Jews: Kristallnacht on September 9, 1938, a turning point in Nazi persecu...

5: Opposition to Hitler | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands...

3: The Master Race | History File

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 H...

4: Youth in Hitler's Germany | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the ...

2: Life in Hitler's Germany | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the h...

1: The Rise of Hitler | History File

Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany fell into the hands o...

5: The Road to Treblinka | Nazis: A Warning from History

Documentary showing how the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst for the radicalisa...

S8E3: Last Train from Budapest | Secret History

Exploring the dramatic escape of British civilians and Hungarian Jews from Nazi-occupied Budapest during World War II.

6: Liberation and Revenge | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

Last in series about the Nazi concentration camp looks at the fate of the remaining prisoners and the...

5: Frenzied Killing | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution

The deportation of Hungary's Jews in 1944 precipitated the most intensive slaughter in Auschwitz's history.

6: Making Germany Pay | History File

In this section we look at the traumatic years of the Weimar Republic and the years 1918 to 1929.

2: Make Germany Pay | Twentieth Century History

A schools feature about how the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany in the 1920s after their defeat in World War One.

Opposition to the Weimar Republic | Nazis: A Warning from History

While the Weimar Republic boomed under borrowed money, non-political groups such as the Wandervogel were fo...

The end of WW1 | Nazis: A Warning from History

The ideological division of Germany at the end of the First World War.

White Defence League | Panorama

Panorama reports on the ultra-right wing White Defence League and the response to its call for mass non-white repatriation. The programme spe...