The Abyss - Rise and Fall of the Nazis

Hatred and the desire for revenge smouldered in the minds of many Germans after WW1. Many Germans belive that the Jews are the cause of many problems.

As Hitler sat in prison after the Nazi's failed putsch of Nov 1923 he wrote "My Struggle". This episode examines how the Nazi movement achieved a comeback with agitation and violence.

In 1932 the NSDAP became the strongest party in the parliament then President Hindenburg and the conservative parties undermine the remnants of democracy.

In seemingly open elections Hitler secures the approval of the people. Then the first concentration camps are set for Hitler's political opponents.

In 1934 with Hitler's government firmly in control the regime's terror escalates while the majority of Germans support Hitler's anti-Jewish policy.

At the end of 1939 the Wehrmacht invade Poland, closely followed by the SS who are there to murder thousands of the Polish Intelligence.

In mid 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union to gain living space in the east for the Germans. Meanwhile the Nazis advance their "final solution".

The Nazi murder plan, "Operation Reinhardt", took nearly two million lives within a few months in 1942/1943 of those held in concentration camps.

The final horrific chapter of the Holocaust begins with the death marches of surviving concentration camp prisoners from the battlefields to the Reich.

When the war ends in 1945 the violence is not over. The survivors and the winners want to blame the Germans.