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Birth of an Empire (1/10)

The was no such country as "Germany" until well into the 19th Century. Instead, Prussia and Austria were jockeying for power within the German League, a loose confederation of kingdoms and principalities. When Otto von Bismarck becomes Prussian Minister President in the Fall of 1862, it is the first step on a path that will unify Germany into an Empire, the economic powerhouse of continental Europ..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Nervous Superpower (2/10)

The was no such country as "Germany" until well into the 19th Century. Instead, Prussia and Austria were jockeying for power within the German League, a loose confederation of kingdoms and principalities. When Otto von Bismarck becomes Prussian Minister President in the Fall of 1862, it is the first step on a path that will unify Germany into an Empire, the economic powerhouse of continental Europ..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Last Summer of Europe (3/10)

On June 28, 1914 the Austrian crown prince, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is assassinated in Sarajevo. "The Last Summer of Europe" depicts the dramatic five weeks leading up to the outbreak of the First World War. A Byzantine power ploy unfolds in the corridors of power in Berlin and Vienna, with Austro-Hungary finally joining the German Reich in declaring war on Serbia. Since Serbia is allied with R..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Price of Peace Part 1 (4/10)

The Fall of 1918: Germany has lost the Great War. A peace treaty must be negotiated, but at what price? "The Price of Peace I+II" plots an arc from the first truce, the sailor's rebellion in Kiel November 1918, the murders of Marxists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht to the winning powers' abasement of Germany for causing the war, culminating in the signing of the Versailles Treaty. The peace ac..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Price of Peace Part 2 (5/10)

The Fall of 1918: Germany has lost the Great War. A peace treaty must be negotiated, but at what price? "The Price of Peace I+II" plots an arc from the first truce, the sailor's rebellion in Kiel November 1918, the murders of Marxists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht to the winning powers' abasement of Germany for causing the war, culminating in the signing of the Versailles Treaty. The peace ac..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Counter-Revolution (6/10)

The Versailles Treaty requires the German government to disband the Freikorps, well-armed militias made up of WW I veterans. Influential military and business leaders side with the militiamen, organizing a Freikorps march on Berlin. The leftist government has to flee. A national worker's strike paralyzes the right-wing coup. After five days, the putsch is defeated, thanks to the people's growing s..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Hitler on Trial (7/10)

On April 1st, 1924 one of the greatest miscarriages of German justice is announced: On trial for treason, putsch leader Adolf Hitler receives the minimum sentence of five years in prison. The judges allow Hitler to use the courtroom as a platform for hour-long speeches, offering the prospect of early release for good behavior. Nine months later, Adolf Hitler walks free again ? The docudrama serie..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Rise of the Nazis (8/10)

On May 1st, 1929, which became known as Bloody May Day, numerous innocent bystanders and demonstrators die after a brutal police crackdown. As the labor movement splits into two enemy camps, the National Socialists grow into a mass movement, winning more and more elections. Young people from poor and middle-class backgrounds flock to the Hitler Youth, while the SA Brownshirts become more and more..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Nazi Coup (9/10)

Germany 1932. The world-wide depression weighs heavy on the struggling Weimar Republic: Mass unemployment, poverty, governments falling apart right and left. The winners of the shaky democracy's constant crisis are the radicals on either side, who turn the insecurity into electoral success. One man knows how to profit from the pandemonium: Adolf Hitler. Thanks to the growing share of the vote for..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Government for the People (10/10)

After the end of WW II, over 30 politicians and legal scholars meet on Herrenchiemsee island on Aug. 10, 1948, to draft a new and democratic constitution for West Germany. The experts manage the incredible feat of drafting a document in only 13 days that became the foundation for the German Basic Law, and which is valid to this day. The German Basic Law served as the model for the constitutions of..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

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