5. The Enemy is on the Left, The Danger is on the Right

5. The Enemy is on the Left, The Danger is on...

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7. Write the Bitterness Out of Your Soul

Far away in the Rhineland, 26-year-old Joseph Goebbels has a PhD, an unpublished novel and a half-Jewish girlfriend, Else Janke. But he finds himself drawn to the Nazi Party and Hitler’s rhetoric. Every day in his diary (undiscovered until this century) he records his excitement ...  Show more

6. The National Dictatorship is Here!

In what became known as the Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazis seize power in Munich, now intending to march on Berlin and announce a national dictatorship led by Hitler. But first they must take control of all the police forces and the infantry barracks, and it’s essential they shut do ...  Show more

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