Rise of the Nazis - Season 1 Episode 2 The First Six Months in Power
It is 1933 and Adolf Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power as there is still a democratic parliament, a head of state and the rule of law. Hitler calls a general election to increase Nazi representation, but a fire in the Reichstag building is blamed on communists – prompting thousands of arrests of left-wingers. Hitler then calls on President von Hindenburg to act and a decree is passed giving the Nazis emergency powers to ban free speech and the right to protest.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: holocaust (shoah), world war ii, nazi, nazism, nsdap (nazi party), adolf hitler
- Cast: Kate Fleetwood
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