Nazi Germany | HistoryExtra

Welcome to our Academy course – Nazi Germany with Laurence Rees.

This six-part video course covers everything you need to know about Nazi German, guided by historian, author and broadcaster Laurence Rees.

Episode one | The rise of the Nazi party
Episode two | How the Nazis ran Germany in the 1930s
Episode three | The road to war
Episode four | The occupation of Poland
Episode five | The origins and implementation of the holocaust
Episode six | The fall of the regime

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About the expert

Laurence Rees is a historian, author and documentary film-maker, whose series have included The Nazis: A Warning from History, Auschwitz: The Nazis and ‘The Final Solution’ and Horror in the East. He is a former Head of BBC TV History, and has won many awards for his work, including a British Book Award, a BAFTA and two Emmys.

Episodes

The rise of the Nazi party | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nazis in the 1930s | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The road to power | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The outbreak of war | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Holocaust | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The final years of the war | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Further reading

Adolf Hitler – at the time chancellor of Austria – is saluted by the crowds as he makes his way to the great parade of troops in Vienna, Austria, March 1938. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Timeline: the rise and fall of the Third Reich

Entrance to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

The liberation of Auschwitz: 80 years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The destroyer USS Shaw explodes in a massive fireball at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The attack led almost immediately to Germany declaring war on America, and so brought Stalin an unexpected ally of colossal potential power, says Laurence Rees. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

OpinionWhy December 1941 was the most important month of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German prisoners of war

What would you have done? 6 terrible choices people had to make during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.