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Drama · BBC Radio 4

Nazis: The Road to Power

by BBC Radio 4

The story of how in just 13 years, Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominant force in German politics.

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16. Make Germany Great Again

Hitler is now Chancellor but what matters is that Hermann Goring is Minister of the Interior with 50,000 policemen at his disposal. They immediately crack down on all Com

Mar 1 2023
27 min

15. Forwards with God

With Franz von Papen now willing to act as Vice Chancellor, alongside Hitler as Chancellor, can he convince Alfred Hugenberg to bring his 51 Nationalist MPs into coalitio

Feb 27 2023
25 min

14. How Was the Venison?

The current Chancellor, General Kurt von Schleicher, and the previous, Franz von Papen, are both determined to unseat each other – once allies, they are now sworn enemies

Feb 22 2023
24 min

13. Hitler? Whatever Happened To Him?

By 1932, the Nazis have 230 Members of Parliament, the largest single group but no-one will invite them into coalition and President Hindenburg refuses to even contemplat

Feb 20 2023
24 min

12. Hitler Over Germany

When Hitler encounters an elegant, divorced woman at his Berlin hotel, he finds that he is unexpectedly drawn to her. Unfortunately, what he doesn’t know is that Magda Qu

Feb 15 2023
22 min

11. Germany is My Wife

Hitler’s strange dealings with the opposite sex come into sharp focus when his niece, aged 23, living in Hitler’s apartment, shoots herself. Geli first moved in when she

Feb 13 2023
22 min

10. The Little Man

On the first sitting of the new Reichstag, the 107 Nazi Members of Parliament deliberately create chaos. But with the Nazis now the second largest group in Parliament, fo

Feb 8 2023
25 min

9. National Socialist or Social Nationalist?

By 1929, Berlin may be cross-dressing and dancing to jazz but governments still rise and fall with banana-republican regularity. As Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Ne

Feb 6 2023
26 min

8. The Big Lie

Released after just six months in prison, Hitler must now renounce violence and vow that the Nazi Party will seek power through the ballot box. But his speeches are still

Feb 1 2023
26 min

7. Write the Bitterness Out of Your Soul

Far away in the Rhineland, 26-year-old Joseph Goebbels has a PhD, an unpublished novel and a half-Jewish girlfriend, Else Janke. But he finds himself drawn to the Nazi Pa

Jan 30 2023
24 min

6. The National Dictatorship is Here!

In what became known as the Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazis seize power in Munich, now intending to march on Berlin and announce a national dictatorship led by Hitler. But fi

Jan 25 2023
22 min

5. The Enemy is on the Left, The Danger is on the Right

Footloose in Munich, Harvard-educated Putzi Hanfstaengl finds himself drawn in by Hitler’s charisma, quickly becoming one of his entourage, partly thanks to his enthusias

Jan 23 2023
23 min

4. My Word is My Pledge

When a merger with other nationalist parties is suggested, Hitler – effectively the Nazi Party’s only source of revenue – threatens resignation if he is not given total,

Jan 18 2023
23 min

3. My Little Wolf

Hitler has a gift for oratory and party membership is growing: every week he draws a larger crowd. The party formally changes its name to the National Socialist German Wo

Jan 16 2023
26 min

2. I Can Speak

Once the revolution is crushed, Army Intelligence looks around for soldiers who might be able to influence their comrades, steer them away from all this Bolshevik nonsens

Jan 12 2023
24 min

1. Long Live the Soviet Republic of Bavaria!

From the producers of NUREMBERG, the story of how in just thirteen years, Adolf Hitler led a fringe group with outlandish proposals and less than a hundred members to be

Jan 12 2023
25 min

Introducing Nazis: The Road to Power

From the producers of Nuremberg, the story of how in just 13 years, Adolf Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominan

Jan 4 2023
2 min

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#159 ▼ 8 Drama US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

History with a relevant narrative plot…great acting and audio design…compelling and absorbing with me on the edge of my seat despite knowing the general outline of the story. I’m so happy to have discovered that BBC is so excellent at the podcast business.

rokitect · Jun 2023

It’s a good podcast, but even with the all the history and specifics of the situation in 1930s Germany delivered in a consumer friendly manner, people still tend to conflate the issues of today with the issues surrounding the Second World War.

Prodigy1972 · Dec 2023

I have been listening to this podcast since episode 1 and it hooks you at the very start. This Takes place from many perspectives that make it very interesting! Bravo Zulu to those who have participated to created this!

Eddie’s on the run! · Sep 2023

Very good show. Educational but keeps you interested. A little hard to follow at times but even with that I still love it.

Maekar_I · Feb 2023

I liked the story idea very much, but I believe it failed in its execution. The scenes that were chosen could have been more relevant and at times were over acted. I truly wanted to like this, anything that tries to bring history to life should be pursued, but I just believe this missed the mark.

Tabend62 · Jan 2023

Too much dramatization. It's extremely jarring when listening. Would have been much better as a regular podcast with one host/narrator.

R7453 · Jan 2023

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