The Nazis, the Gestapo and Their Place in History (2011)

Collection of History Channel documentaries charting the rise and fall of the Nazi party. Perhaps the most infamous regime in history, certainly in modern times, the rise of Hitler's Nazi party in 1930s Germany was to have a devastating effect on world history, culminating in the Second World War and the Holocaust. This collection of documentaries takes a wide-ranging look at the Nazis and their secret police, the Gestapo, from Hitler's vision of a 'Third Reich' to the Night of the Long Knives that helped him take a grip on power and the horrors that followed.