Evolution of Evil - Season 1

Season 1

Nazis: Evolution of Evil / The Rise of the Nazi Party

Nazis: Evolution of Evil reveals step by step how the National Socialists exploited the economic turmoil of their time, got into power in Germany in 1933 and then led their nation into a nightmare of everyday brutality, genocide and military defeat. It follows the leading personalities who played out the drama of destroying democracy, murdering opponents and bringing destruction to Europe and the world. Hitler, Goering, Himmler, Goebbels, all played their part in giving voters what they wanted and then betrayed them with a vicious totalitarian state.

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Episodes10

DatesFeb 14, 2014 - Apr 18, 2014

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Episodes

Season 1Episode 160 min

The Misfits Gather

Adolf Hitler builds a fringe political group into the Nazi Party; Hitler's men attempt a coup known as the Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923.

Feb 14, 2014

Season 1Episode 260 min

Becoming Respectable

Hitler is arrested for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch; Hitler begins writing his political manifesto, "Mein Kampf," while serving time in prison.

Feb 21, 2014

Season 1Episode 360 min

Seizing Power

Hitler blames unemployment and other economic maladies caused by the Great Depression on Germany's democratic Weimar government.

Mar 2, 2014

Season 1Episode 460 min

In Power

Hitler wins the hearts and minds of Germans as he plots to rid his country of the Jews; over 1,000 synagogues were burned in the November 1938 attacks known as Kristallnacht.

Mar 7, 2014

Season 1Episode 560 min

Preparing for War

Hitler summons his generals and reveals his plans to annex Austria and the German-speaking lands in Czechoslovakia.

Mar 14, 2014

Season 1Episode 660 min

Hitler's Biggest Blunder

The German people begin to see through the facade of the Nazi propaganda machine as the war changes course in 1941.

Mar 21, 2014

Season 1Episode 760 min

The Final Solution

Hitler and the Nazi Party groom the German people into thinking the genocide of Jewish people was a morally correct decision.

Mar 28, 2014

Season 1Episode 860 min

Plots and Delusions

Numerous defeats hurt Hitler's image with the German people; two army colonels plot to assassinate Hitler.

Apr 4, 2014

Season 1Episode 960 min

End Game

Allied armies advance on Berlin in January 1945; the war ends shortly after Hitler's suicide on April 30, 1945.

Apr 11, 2014

Season 1Episode 1060 min

Aftermath

In the closing months of the war, the Allies discover the true scale of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany.

Apr 18, 2014

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