Project Nazi

screenable online: 6 episodes

On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of the German Reich, and sets out to build a new nation. But how do the Nazis convince ordinary Germans to support Hitler’s vision?

The series explores how Germans were seduced into supporting Nazism through the persuasive power of outstanding design, brilliant engineering, and insidious propaganda. How incredible that a small and extremist political party under the leadership of a failed artist was able to convince an entire nation to give it total power.

What was the stupendous sham behind the original Volkswagen (the ‘people’s car’)? Not to forget Germania, the never-to-be World Capital, with its assembly hall for 150,000 people, as well as the 1936 Berlin Olympics filmed by Leni Riefenstahl with a new type of camera capable of recording the events in 3D ...

Episodes:

1. Designed for Power
2. Hitler's Highways
3. Arming for War
4. A Culture of Control
5. Himmler's Empire of Terror
6. Retreat from Reality

Adolf Hitler’s mastery of propaganda and instinct for effective design helps win huge support for the Nazi party in its march to power. From the swastika flag to the striking uniforms of the Storm…

Adolf Hitler promises to make Germany great again with his plans to create 22,000 kms of motorway and build one and half million “People’s Cars” every year. He says he wants to give the unemployed…

Adolf Hitler is determined to rebuild Germany’s military strength after its humiliating defeat in the First World War. But to overcome his country’s dire shortage of almost all raw materials, from…

Adolf Hitler is determined to change the way German people think and feel by creating a new, Nazi form of art and culture. He takes over all forms of media, including the film industry, radio…

Adolf Hitler’s bid for power depends on his most loyal and violent supporters, the SS. They use intimidation, detention, terror and even murder to defeat all the Nazis political enemies. They also…

Adolf Hitler is determined to fight to the very end, even if it costs millions of Germans their lives. He refuses any retreat, putting his faith in German scientists to create advanced weapons, from…

Designed for Power (Episode 1)

Hitler's Highways (Episode 2)

Arming for War (Episode 3)

A Culture of Control (Episode 4)

Himmler's Empire of Terror (Episode 5)

Retreat from Reality (Episode 6)