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Rise of the Nazis
Politics
See the events that propel Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government.
- TV-PG
Night of the Long Knives
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.
Night of the Long Knives
Season 1 Episode 3 | 55m 45s | CC
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.
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