Hitler was in such a powerful position after the consolidation of the Nazi regime that he [Hitler] could afford to spend weeks, months, away at his holiday resort on the Berghof. Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial III: Hitler in Power, historian
Membership of the Hitler Youth became compulsory. ibid.
In 1935 Hitler and the Nazis attempt to codify the status of Jews in Germany. ibid.
They introduce conscription in 1935. ibid.
German Troops Enter Rhineland. ibid. Evening Standard headline Saturday 7th March 1936
Four-year plan: Germany must be ready for war within the next four years. ibid. historian
Hitler wasn’t interested at all in bureaucratic procedure. ibid.
Hitler is eyeing Austria hungrily in his preparations for war. ibid.
The German troops are greeted as heroes. ibid.
We flew over the Alps to Switzerland: sanity, civilisation, freedom after the barbarian Nazi nightmare. ibid. Shirer
No-one can say that Adolf Hitler did not give full warning of the barbaric world he intended to make. ibid.
For Hitler and the Nazis it is to put more pressure on Jews to leave. Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial IV: The Road to Ruin, historian
A few months after the Munich Agreement, Hitler moves in and takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia. ibid.
The Poles began to realise they were next on the menu. ibid.
There were a number of false flag operations staged along the border to make it look as if the Poles had attacked Germany. ibid.
Hitler and Stalin had agreed they would carve up Poland. ibid.
War for Hitler was a fundamental human activity. ibid.
He’s going to have to plunder, he’s going to have to steal. ibid.
The Nazis enslaved over 12 million people across Europe. Many German firms including Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Hugo Boss and Volkswagen greatly benefitted from the use of slave labour. ibid. caption
Germany v Russia: The largest military confrontation in history. ibid. historian
Hitler declares war on the United States. Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial V: Crimes Against Humanity, historian
They are out not only only to conquer our world but to smash it … They will stop at nothing. ibid. William Shirer
In September the elements start coming into play … There is the mud period … and then comes the winter. ibid. historian
1941 Kiev: They retaliate by calling upon the remaining Jewish population, 33,000 men, women and children to assemble, and those people are led to a ravine … ibid.
They use alcohol to compensate. ibid.
It would taken ten, twenty minutes for people to die. ibid.
Not a word of sympathy or grief [Hitler] … This was a man now doomed, and by his own folly. ibid. Shirer
Oh take a look. Jews are frying now. We couldn’t do much to help them. ibid. woman witness to ghetto pogrom
He [Hitler] always overestimated the power and resources of Germany. ibid. Evans
Although he had escaped death by a miracle, Adolf Hitler was never the same after July 20th 1944 … His language grew increasingly violent … This was the beginning of the end. ibid. Shirer
Every day a German factory town is pounded to rubble … the fate of the Germany that used to be. Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial VI: The Reckoning, Shirer
Hitler was convinced right to the end that he would win this war. ibid. historian
He believed above all in himself. ibid. Evans
They [Russians] began to rape women on an extraordinary scale. ibid.
Ultimately, he doesn’t care about the human beings he is playing with. ibid. historian
He refused to visit bombed-out families. ibid. Evans
He began showing symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. ibid.
News interviewer amid World War II London rubble: Mrs Jenkins, bombs have fallen here for the last three nights. How to you think we should respond to Herr Hitler?
Mrs Jenkins: Well we can’t take much more of this. I think we should surrender and the sooner the better. Big Train s2e6
… Well, there you have it. Despite the persistent bombing British resolve is as great as ever. And Her Majesty is clear: London can take it. ibid.
A killing centre at the edge of Nazi-controlled Europe. The place of no return for thousands of Jewish where any attempt to escape leads to more death. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s2e4: The Sobibor Revolt
‘The biggest escape of World War II.’ ibid. comment
Sobibor death camp, Poland, 1943: The size of 45 football fields … It’s a sinister machinery of death. ibid.
A man determined to find a way out for everyone: Leon Feldhendler: The Faith Keeper.
Eliminate their captors and walk right out the front gate. ibid.
Of the 600 Jewish prisoners at Sobibor, 400 tried to escape. 80 are immediately killed in combat or in the minefields … Only 53 fully escape and find freedom. ibid.