Introducing Nazis: The Road to Power
From the producers of Nuremberg, the story of how in just 13 years, Adolf Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominant force in German politics. It...
24 Jan 20232min
Episode 16 - No Trace Will Remain
On 30th September 1946, the Judges announce their verdicts. And the sentences to be imposed – death or imprisonment or freedom. But come the night of the executions, Hermann Goering has one last surpr...
11 Jan 202223min
Episode 15 - Guilty or Not?
After 216 days in the courtroom, the judges must arrive at their verdicts – the debate will be fierce. Outside, some expect all the Nazis to hang, others predict prison or even acquittal. And while th...
11 Jan 202222min
Episode 14 - Everyone Knew
As more evidence emerges of Nazi Crimes – the camps, the slave labour ministry, the euthanasia programme – all Germans must come to terms with their own individual guilt. They can no longer pretend th...
11 Jan 202222min
Episode 13 - Just Another Swindle
April 1946, the trial continues but the German people either don’t believe the evidence or just ignore it. Is it because or in spite of the horrific evidence? But they have to start paying attention –...
11 Jan 202224min
Episode 12 - Glory or Disgrace
March 1946 and it’s time to hear the Defence Case. Goering is first into the witness box but he seems unashamed, proud of what the Nazis achieved. His duel with the prosecutors begins and they have to...
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Episode 10 - Too Much Paper
The trial is underway but the accused men in the dock seem almost proud of what they did. Some of the Nazi documents are chilling but there are simply too many of them. It will need something much mor...
11 Jan 202225min
Episode 11 - What Does Evil Look Like?
January 1946, the army psychologist assigned to look after the Accused has a never-to-be-repeated chance to examine evil, close-up, day-by-day. What made these 22 men capable of such horrific acts? He...
11 Jan 202223min
