Product Details

• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 6
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000006QYD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,362 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellently researched and presented BBC product., December 24, 2000

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OoOoOoO "OoOoOoO" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nazis- The Acclaimed BBC Documentary [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Old Beeb never disappoints, and this is no exception. BBC brings its world-famous house-style of fairness, objectivity and depth to analyse and comment on Britain's most dire nemesis in the twentieth century - Hitler and his Nazis, and you can expect a top-rate job. I must have watched the entire documentary series 4 times, and each time I gain fresh and deeper insight. BBC gave a fasinating and horrific subject an excellent treatment, shorn of emotive propaganda. Explores even-handedly the difficulties Germany was in during the 20's, and explores the psychological attractions of the Nazi party to a down-trodden but proud German people. The chilling pronogsis which came across is that had Hitler been more sensible in his relations with the USSR and marketed Nazism to the world not as a racial-based ideology but as an international ideology, the Nazis might still be around TODAY. Then, the world will truly see a sort of tyranny as it has never before seen, made infinitely more terrifying by the twisted lights of science & technology. A must see. Every public library and school library must buy this. Fifty years after they have been bombed into the ground, Nazism remains still an attractive ideology for a lot of people, and has returned to its roots as a protest against the status quo. This documentary answers why that can be so. My only grouse is that there is no segment presenting the many interviews BBC and other companies has done of Albert Speer - Hitler's Minister of Munitions. Now that would have made this series even more cool.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Nazis-needed warning for history classes, March 30, 2004

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T J Gallagher (Silver Lake HS, Kingston MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nazis- The Acclaimed BBC Documentary [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I recommend this series to any World History instructors seeking film that will make students think about the "whys" on a level other than a Nazi cartoon-image. Care must be taken in utilizing this resource, as with any source. The "nude Nazi pageant" in "Chaos and Consent" (vol 2) should certainly be omitted, but the interviews, especially those found in vol 3 "Road to Treblinka" can easily start very involved discussions as to involvement of the ordinary citizens, anti-Semitism as a cultural constant, and the "guilt" questions. Generally, I only show 20 minutes of most film, and always with a guide and questions to avoid "heads down / snooze" time. Trust me, especially on "Road to Treblinka", you won't have anyone sleeping, and followed up with other readings and assessed with an essay, you'll be glad you invested in this series. Again, some of it may be "old hat", but the imagery of 60-80 year olds seeing and hearing their own words and actions replayed for them is something no standard document can give your class.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential viewing, August 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Nazis- The Acclaimed BBC Documentary [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Along with the 1970s series "The World at War", this is the best Nazi/WW2 TV series ever. It is a great triumph for the collaboration between noted historian Ian Kershaw (prof. at Sheffield University, England, and author of several books on Hitler and the Nazis) and Lawrence Rees (best known as the editor of the classy BBC history series "Timewatch".)

The level of research that must have gone into it is incredible, the telling of the history and the potent mix of words, images and music make for 300 incredibly gripping minutes. I've watched it all 3 times and will doubtless watch it again.