For all its talk of racial, spiritual, and physical purity, the self-anointed “Master Race” harbored a secret…theirs was an axis of drug addicts. This two-hour special explores the origin, impact, and lasting effects of the state-sponsored drug use that helped build—and eventually burned—the Third Reich. Incredible new sources of information, including a detailed journal maintained by Hitler’s personal physician, reveal the extent of not just his, but the entire Nazi Party’s reliance on drugs to power their war effort.
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The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for thei...

Children as young as seven are being groomed to sell drugs for 'county lines' drugs gangs in towns a...

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning...

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In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

Hitler's biography told like never before. Besides brief historical localizations by a narrator, onl...

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