Architects of Darkness

Episode 2

Josef Goebbels

Master 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.

Episode 3

Julius Streicher

The 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.

Episode 4

Hermann Goering

The 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.

Episode 5

Albert Speer

Hitler'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.

Episode 6

Adolf Hitler

A 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.