Rise of the Nazis

The Rise of the Nazis is a BBC documentary series. First shown in September 2019, it focuses on how Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power and dismantled democracy in early 1930s Germany. A second series followed in 2022.

This article is about the BBC documentary series. For information about the eponymous historical events, see Rise of Nazism.

Rise of the Nazis
GenreDocumentary
Directed byJulian Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationLithuania

Episodes

Series 1 (2019)
No Title Original air date
1 Politics 2 September 2019
The path to Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in January 1933.[1]
2 The First Six Months in Power 9 September 2019
How the Nazis removed the political opposition and other democratic institutions during their early months in government.[2]
3 Night of the Long Knives 16 September 2019
How Hitler tightened his grip on power in 1934.[3]

Series 2 (2022)
No Title Original air date
1 Barbarossa 14 February 2022
The events that led to Hitler ordering the launch of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.[4]
2 Stalingrad 21 February 2022
After the Nazis lost in Moscow, both dictators took charge of their armies.[5]
3 Dictators at War 28 February 2022
A fresh perspective on how Hitler seized and kept power, and the missed chances to stop him.[6]

Response

A review of the first series in The Times described the series as a lesson in 'how easily — and petrifyingly quickly — a democratic country can move to a totalitarian dictatorship.'[7] A more critical review in The Spectator suggested that the first series made inappropriate comparisons to political developments at around the time of its production, such as Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump, concluding that 'it's time the BBC gave up trying to pretend it's a voice of impartial authority'.[8] A TV Insider review of the American release on PBS a little over a year later described the series as 'riveting' and 'as gripping as any fictional thriller.'[9]

A short review in The Guardian said of the second series that 'Bringing something new to TV coverage of the second world war is no mean feat, but this narratively gripping take on the eastern front comes very close.'[10] A more detailed review in The Telegraph was complimentary of the series summarising it as 'Television that is informative, intelligent and surprising – if only there was more of this on BBC Two.'[11]

References
  1. "Politics". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. "The First Six Months in Power". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. "Night of the Long Knives". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. "Episode 1". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. "Episode 2". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. "Episode 3". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. Midgley, Carol (10 September 2019). "Rise of the Nazis review — a history lesson in how easily tyrants take over". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  8. Delingpole, James (14 September 2019). "With these documentaries, the BBC has lost any claim to impartiality". www.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  9. Rudolph, Ileane (7 October 2020). "PBS' 'Rise of the Nazis' Aims 'to Show How a Democracy Can Unravel'". TV Insider. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  10. "TV tonight: a rough diamond swaps lives with a millionaire". The Guardian. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  11. Singh, Anita (14 February 2022). "Rise of the Nazis, review: if only BBC Two would show more proper history documentaries like this". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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