Architects of Darkness

Episode 01

Heinrich Himmler

Jan 1, 2017

The Occult Roots of the Third Reich. The creator of the infamous Gestapo, the Waffen SS and the concentration camp network. Perhaps the strangest individual of all the Nazi crew. Himmler was inspired by mystic visions, runes, horoscopes and a longing for a heroic German past.

Episode 02

Josef Goebbels

Jan 8, 2017

Master of Propaganda. The fanatic who shaped the first modern political spin machine and the man who harnessed the combined power of radio, print, posters, film and oratory to shape the political agenda.

Episode 03

Julius Streicher

Jan 15, 2017

The man who described himself as 'Jew Baiter Number One' was the publisher of the notorious Der Stürmer magazine which formed the anti-Semitic agenda in the Third Reich. Often overlooked by history Stretcher was hanged at Nuremberg.

Episode 04

Hermann Goering

Jan 22, 2017

The drug addicted dilettante who created the Luftwaffe. Goering was at Hitler's side from the ill-fated Beer Hall putsch of 1923 until the estrangement between the two in April 1945 when Hitler ordered Goering's arrest.

Episode 05

Albert Speer

Jan 29, 2017

Hitler's Architect - The man who designed the Nuremberg Rallies and headed up the slave labour organisation which created the V1 and V2 rockets. Speer was consigned to life imprisonment for his crimes.

Episode 06

Adolf Hitler

Feb 5, 2017

A journey into his world. The film explores the roots of Adolf Hitler and traces the story of his life from the town of his birth to his final days in a Berlin bunker.