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Season 18 Episode 13: The Man Behind Hitler

36 SeasonsMay 22, 2006TV-PG55m7

A profile of Joseph Goebbels (1897-45),who helped launch Hitler's rise to power. Kenneth Branagh provides voice-over readings of Goebbels' personal diaries. Included: footage from German archives tracing Goebbels' life; how Goebbels continually stage-managed his life and reinvented himself from his early days as a radical “popular socialist” to his death.

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Season 18 Episodes:

Episode 1 Two Days in October

1. Two Days in October

Aired: Oct 17, 2005

A documentary about the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protest at the University...

Episode 5 John & Abigail Adams

5. John & Abigail Adams

Aired: Jan 23, 2006

An engrossing portrait of the second U.S. president and first lady, costars S...

Episode 6 The Nuremberg Trials

6. The Nuremberg Trials

Aired: Jan 30, 2006

The story of the Nuremberg Trials and Robert Jackson, the chief prosecutor.

Episode 7 Jesse James

7. Jesse James

Aired: Feb 6, 2006

The true story of the legendary outlaw Jesse James.

Episode 8 Hijacked

8. Hijacked

Aired: Feb 25, 2006

Sept 6, 1970 the Popular Front for the Liberation hijacked four planes to att...

Episode 11 The Alaska Pipeline

11. The Alaska Pipeline

Aired: Apr 24, 2006

The history of the Alaska Pipeline, which was built in the 1970s to transport...

Episode 12 Annie Oakley

12. Annie Oakley

Aired: May 8, 2006

This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wi...

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Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography

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