Rise of the Nazis (2019): S01E03 – Night of the Long Knives

Introduction 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, focussing on the Eastern Front, followed in 2022. Outline See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s…

Andrew Marshall

20/02/2022

1–2 minutes

Adolf Hitler, History, Military Documentary, War, World War Two

Introduction

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, focussing on the Eastern Front, followed in 2022.

Outline

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.

Rise of the Nazis Series

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Production & Filming Details

Release Date: 16 September 2019.
Rating: Unknown.
Running Time: 60 minutes (per episode).
Country: UK.
Language: English.