The First Six Months In Power -
rise of the nazis

Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state. The Nazis have the power to ban free speech, books are burned, and Jewish people, gay people and those holding anti-Nazi beliefs begin to disappear.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 102

About Rise of the Nazis:

See how Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rise to power.

In 1930, Germany is a liberal democracy.

Just four years later, democracy is dead, Germany's leader is a dictator and the government is in the hands of the Nazis.

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