Series
Architects of Darkness
DocumentaryWar & Politics
Six one hour episodes each focusing on a key individual that traces the trajectory and design of Hitler’s thousand year Reich. From the beer halls of Munich to the horrors of the Final Solution, these individuals were truly Architects Of Darkness of the Nazi Third Reich.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Heinrich Himmler1 Jan 2017The Occult Roots of the Third Reich. The creator of the infamous Gestapo, the Waffen SS and the concentration camp network. Perhaps the strangest individual of all the Nazi crew. Himmler was inspired by mystic visions, runes, horoscopes and a longing for a heroic German past.
- 2Josef Goebbels8 Jan 2017Master of Propaganda. The fanatic who shaped the first modern political spin machine and the man who harnessed the combined power of radio, print, posters, film and oratory to shape the political agenda.
- 3Julius Streicher15 Jan 2017The man who described himself as 'Jew Baiter Number One' was the publisher of the notorious Der Stürmer magazine which formed the anti-Semitic agenda in the Third Reich. Often overlooked by history Stretcher was hanged at Nuremberg.
- 4Hermann Goering22 Jan 2017The drug addicted dilettante who created the Luftwaffe. Goering was at Hitler's side from the ill-fated Beer Hall putsch of 1923 until the estrangement between the two in April 1945 when Hitler ordered Goering's arrest.
- 5Albert Speer29 Jan 2017Hitler's Architect - The man who designed the Nuremberg Rallies and headed up the slave labour organisation which created the V1 and V2 rockets. Speer was consigned to life imprisonment for his crimes.
- 6Adolf Hitler5 Feb 2017A journey into his world. The film explores the roots of Adolf Hitler and traces the story of his life from the town of his birth to his final days in a Berlin bunker.
Details
- First aired
- 1 Jan 2017
- Last aired
- 5 Feb 2017
- Status
- Returning Series
- Language
- English
- Network
- Prime Video
- Episodes
- 6
