Kershaw, Ian

Use interviews with witnesses and perpetrators, along with archival film and records, to examine how a political party as fundamentally evil as the Nazis could come to power in a modern European nation. Discusses the factors that enabled the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in the economically-devastated Germany of the post-World War I era and looks at the role of ordinary Germans in the Nazi regime. Follows the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, from its early promises through the atrocities and suffering of World War II. Includes segments focusing on the occupation of Poland and on the holocaust and concentration camps, particularly Treblinka.

Explores how Hitler's Third Reich was able to hold out as long as it did during World War II, discussing why it did not surrender until Germany was left in ruins and almost completely occupied and chronicling the war's final, brutal months before the eventual surrender.

Examines the political mentality of ordinary Germans in one part of Hitler's Reich, covering popular responses to Nazi policy and ideology, socio-economic discontent, local and social variations, and other related topics.

A social history of Hitler's rise to power that examines the societal causes and consequences of the Nazi policy during the Holocaust as well as the dynamic of the Nazi leadership and the attitudes and actions of German citizens as they witnessed the Jewish genocide.

Biography of Adolf Hitler, examining the mechanics and nature of his power and how he used it.

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Adolf Hitler, and explores the mechanics and nature of his power and how he used it to become the dictator of Germany during the twentieth century; and also discusses his mass appeal, personal role in shaping policies, and other topics.

Explores how Hitler's Third Reich was able to hold out as long as it did during World War II, discussing why it did not surrender until Germany was left in ruins and almost completely occupied and chronicling the war's final, brutal months before the eventual surrender.

Recreates a sequence of ten decisions made by world leaders, including Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Mussolini, from 1940 to 1941 that changed the course of human history.

Presents thirteen essays by historians and sociologists on the leadership cults, war machines, and successor societies of Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia.