Rise of a Dictator | Historian Laurence Rees on the Third Reich

In this episode, historian, author and filmmaker Laurence Rees charts the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party – from the party’s inauspicious origins to Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany, on 30 January 1933.


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00:00 Intro
01:21 What were German attitudes to WWI?
04:48 Who was blamed for Germany’s defeat?
06:37 What were Hitler’s early beliefs?
11:27 How did the Nazis gain power?


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[ganymededarling]

This is the history that people are sadly already forgetting. Thank you for this video.

[ivyrose]

A well timed video. If only people would pay attention.

[raraavis]

Sad, this video isn't gaining track. Very good overview.

[sweetartz]

Watching in America February 2025 praying this doesn't happen to us 😢🙏🏻

[ElkeThys]

This is so much better than what my history teacher told us years ago. Thank you!

[jayrengriffin]

This was an amazingly precise and detailed overview of his rise while being condensed.

[hannahstraining]

Thank you for this video. I have long wondered why the German people backed Hitler. Now I have some answers. I'll be watching the rest of the series.

[En_Marche]

Only those who understand the past can accurately assess the present.

[lumu]

The German people were literally starving. What is the Republicans' excuse?

[remnant]

Wish this video and the ones that follow it had been required viewing material in schools for every grade from maybe 3rd or 4th all the way to graduating college, maybe once a year or over the holidays or something. That way people would grow up knowing, understanding, and remembering this period in history. Everybody here has seen How The Grinch Stole X-Mas. They should be just as familiar w this.