8.2/1082 votesLoading...#1 - Barbarossa
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2022
At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin.
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8.1/10151 votesLoading...#2 - Politics
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2019
Delving into the corridors of power where Germany’s top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1085 votesLoading...#3 - Stalingrad
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2022
The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met his match - it's now a fight to the death.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1081 votesLoading...#4 - The Home Front
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2022
Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.
Director: N/A
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8.0/10136 votesLoading...#5 - The First Six Months in Power
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2019
It is 1933 and Adolf Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power as there is still a democratic parliament, a head of state and the rule of law. Hitler calls a general election to increase Nazi representation, but a fire in the Reichstag building is blamed on communists – prompting thousands of arrests of left-wingers. Hitler then calls on President von Hindenburg to act and a decree is passed giving the Nazis emergency powers to ban free speech and the right to protest.
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8.0/10125 votesLoading...#6 - Night of the Long Knives
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2019
Hitler has suspended democracy and is bringing all of Germany under Nazi control. But to gain absolute power and control of Germany's military, Hitler must be named successor to the ageing President Hindenburg before he dies.
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8.0/1036 votesLoading...#7 - The Reckoning
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2023
In the 1960s and 70s, WW2 is a distant memory, but a few diehards are determined to hunt down thousands of Nazi war criminals, some of whom are living in plain sight.
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7.8/1038 votesLoading...#8 - Most Wanted
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2023
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, as the Allies uncover the scale of the Holocaust, the hunt is on to capture and convict the highest-ranking Nazis.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1035 votesLoading...#9 - The Ratline
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2023
As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas. Thousands begin new lives in South America.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1051 votesLoading...#10 - Hitler's Birthday
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2022
At the end of March 1945, Nazi Germany is on the brink of collapse, and with Berlin under daily bombardment, Hitler has permanently retreated to his bunker.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1047 votesLoading...#11 - Into the Abyss
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2022
In April 1945, most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. As the Soviets near Hitler's hiding places, the Nazi regime starts to disintegrate.
Director: N/A
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7.6/1052 votesLoading...#12 - Who Will Betray Him?
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2022
In the winter of 1944, Germany is losing the war on all fronts, but Hitler refuses to contemplate surrender. Instead, he calls leading military generals to a secret location and orders them to start preparing a massive surprise attack against the Western Allies as part of his policy of total war. It's an attack he believes will finally break them.
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The Best Episodes of Rise of the Nazis
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How did 20th Century Europe's most liberal democracy fall into the hands of fascists? From Hitler's political scheming that turned Germany's parliament into a House...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Best Episodes Summary
"Barbarossa" is the best rated episode of "Rise of the Nazis". It scored 8.2/10 based on 82 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/14/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Politics".