Synopsis
How Hitler became chancellor of Germany in January 1933.
- Programme: Nazis: A Warning from History
- Episode: Helped into Power
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1997
- History | Germany, 1890-1945 | Hitler's rise to power, 1919-33 | How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932-33
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