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Architects of Darkness

Architects of Darkness

2017•15•Documentary•War & Politics
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Six one hour episodes each focusing on a key individual that traces the trajectory and design of Hitler’s thousand year Reich. From the beer halls of Munich to the horrors of the Final Solution, these individuals were truly Architects Of Darkness of the Nazi Third Reich.

StatusReturning Series
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 1, 2017

Episodes

E1

Heinrich Himmler

The Occult Roots of the Third Reich. The creator of the infamous Gestapo, the Waffen SS and the concentration camp network. Perhaps the strangest individual of all the Nazi crew. Himmler was inspired by mystic visions, runes, horoscopes and a longing for a heroic German past.

Jan 1, 2017

E2

Josef Goebbels

Master of Propaganda. The fanatic who shaped the first modern political spin machine and the man who harnessed the combined power of radio, print, posters, film and oratory to shape the political agenda.

Jan 8, 2017

E3

Julius Streicher

The man who described himself as 'Jew Baiter Number One' was the publisher of the notorious Der Stürmer magazine which formed the anti-Semitic agenda in the Third Reich. Often overlooked by history Stretcher was hanged at Nuremberg.

Jan 15, 2017

E4

Hermann Goering

The drug addicted dilettante who created the Luftwaffe. Goering was at Hitler's side from the ill-fated Beer Hall putsch of 1923 until the estrangement between the two in April 1945 when Hitler ordered Goering's arrest.

Jan 22, 2017

E5

Albert Speer

Hitler's Architect - The man who designed the Nuremberg Rallies and headed up the slave labour organisation which created the V1 and V2 rockets. Speer was consigned to life imprisonment for his crimes.

Jan 29, 2017

E6

Adolf Hitler

A journey into his world. The film explores the roots of Adolf Hitler and traces the story of his life from the town of his birth to his final days in a Berlin bunker.

Feb 5, 2017

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