True Evil: The Making of A Nazi — Season 1, Episode 3: Heinrich Himmler
Documentary, War & Politics • 45 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
Himmler, one of the most evil men in human history, began as a mild-mannered bookish intellectual who loved tradition, country pursuits, and nature. He became one of the most terrifying champions of the Third Reich, a monster even by Nazi standards. Himmler helped define Nazi ideology. His transformation into a Nazi monster is the story of the total collapse of morality and civilisation in Germany.
About True Evil: The Making of A Nazi
This ground-breaking series examines the lives of the leading Nazis, in an effort to answer the question, why did it happen? It explores and tries to understand the incredible transformation of educated men into Nazi criminals, by charting the lives of six people who over the course of 20 years descend into moral oblivion.