Synopsis
A look at the extraordinary popularity of both Hitler and the Nazis, as well as the astonishing degree of voluntary support ordinary Germans gave the infamous Gestapo.
- Programme: Nazis: A Warning from History
- Episode: 2: Chaos and Consent
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1997
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