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snooper2

(30,151 posts)
1. NO WAY! They are have a show about nazis on the History Channel! NEVER
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:16 AM
Apr 2015


It's called the Hitler Channel for a reason- They need better material, like- maybe this!


ProfessorGAC

(65,042 posts)
2. No Thanks
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:30 AM
Apr 2015

I'll take any documentary about the lead in to, events of, and aftermath of the greatest man-made cataclysm in world history, without any reservations.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
3. I saw something similar a few weeks ago. The Nazi party was a minor party biding its time until
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:31 AM
Apr 2015

the Great Depression hit. Hitler realized that the economic misery it produced created the circumstances he needed to propel the party into power.

It was always a nasty party relying on violence and intimidation but it never got that many votes until the economy tanked and his 'populist' message with its nationalism and identification of scapegoats started resounding with people.

appalachiablue

(41,132 posts)
4. I've been watching it, very good. Especially the 'peculiarities' of the Hitler family, that the
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:39 AM
Apr 2015

Fuhrer did his best to scrub. The female relative with schizophrenia euthanized in an institution, his sister, the nephew who spoke out in the US during wartime, the descendants living in Long Island NY. Much of this was newer. Also the in depth segment on Nazi science, tobacco causing cancer was interesting. Nightmare period of the 20th century.

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