This Peabody award-winning documentary follows the rise of the Nazis as one of the great imponderables of the 20th Century. Acclaimed historian Laurence Rees examines what led a civilized nation to commit the atrocities it did.

In so doing, he exposes popular myths and encourages understanding of the real forces that led to one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Was it simply the hypnotic power of Hitler's rhetoric? Did the Gestapo really impose themselves by terror on an unwilling population?

Through interviews with witnesses and perpetrators, along with archive film and records, this six-part, five-hour series unveils a more chilling reality. The Nazis: A Warning from History takes a look at the Reich from the inside out — what it looked like and felt like for the average German.