Watch Living with Hitler

Hitler has unleashed a great war across Europe and the German people are called to arms. We examine life on the homefront and abroad: from rationing and bereavement, the Allied bombing campaign, the Holocaust and finally, the fall of the Third Reich. In just twelve years, Adolf Hitler completely transformed Germany and in his absence, the nation begins the long process of Denazification.

From 1936 to 1940, Hitler's influence is felt in nearly all aspects of German life: at work, at church, in school and at home. We explore the racially unified People's Community, the diplomatic successes of the Third Reich as Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles, and the growing anti-semitism across Germany. Finally, we examine the turbulent events leading up to the Second World War.

After the First World War Germany experiences dizzying changes. The Weimar republic is born and Berlin becomes a hub of culture in Europe. But the Great Depression provides fertile soil for fascism to take hold, and between 1933 and 1935 Hitler's grip on power becomes absolute. The Nazi flag flies everywhere, the Nazi salute is compulsory, the Nazification of German society is complete.