About the lecture

In this module, we take a look at the timeline of events for Hitler gaining power in Germany. We'll start by looking at Adolf Hitler's birth in Braunau, Austria and his early life as a failed artist and then soldier. We'll end by exploring how the Nazi Party grew to turn the Weimar Republic into a dictatorship by 1933.

About the lecturer

Sir Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge and is Provost of Gresham College. He specialises in European history with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including a three-volume series called The Third Reich Trilogy.