Night of the Long Knives -
rise of the nazis

See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany's president and the Nazis' power base. His advisors persuade him to destroy the Nazi stormtroopers and their leader -- one of his oldest friends -- to make the SS Germany's only paramilitary force.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 103

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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