Black people in Nazi Germany - Lionel Romney's survival in a concentration camp

Actress Vanessa L Williams, who faced racial prejudice when she became the first black woman to be crowned Miss America, goes on the trail of two of her ancestors who fought courageously to extend the rights and freedoms of black people in the USA. Her ancestor David Carll was one of the first to enlist after the ban on black soldiers serving on the Union side of the Civil War was lifted and, at the National Archives in Washington, DC, Vanessa uncovers an unbelievably rare tintype photograph of him. Going further back, Vanessa uncovers another ancestor, William A Fields, who not only went from slave to schoolteacher in little more than 20 years, but ended up serving as a legislator in the Tennessee National Assembly. Through the pioneering work of her ancestor, Vanessa is able to see how in the nineteenth century black people briefly glimpsed the possibility of human rights before the segregation laws, violence and intimidation of the Ku Klux Klan closed that door again. It would be nearly 100 years before another African-American would be elected to

The final weeks of World War II in Europe unfold as Allied forces cross the Rhine and close in on Berlin while the Red Army launches its decisive assault on Hitler's capital. The liberation of Nazi concentration camps reveals the true horrors of the Holocaust, even as fierce fighting continues in Germany and the Pacific. With Hitler's regime collapsing and Soviet and American forces meeting on the Elbe, victory is finally within reach—but the political struggle for post-war Europe is only just beginning.

All Vehicles Went to the Terrifying Camp | Hitler's World The Post War Plan | Season 1 Episode 6 examines the specific people, events and evidence presented in this documentary. Hitler’s World: The Post-War Plan explores the chilling vision Nazi Germany had for the world after victory. The documentary examines Hitler’s plans for a new European order, the territories he intended to dominate, and the radical ideology behind his vision of a German-controlled empire. From the reshaping of conquered nations to plans for population control, economic exploitation, and German expansion, this documentary reveals how the Nazi regime imagined life after the war, and how far its ambitions extended beyond the battlefield. A disturbing look at the plans, ambitions, and ideology behind one of history’s most destructive regimes.

Inside Nazi Resort Built for 20,000 People | Hitler's World The Post War Plan | Season 1 Episode 5 examines the specific people, events and evidence presented in this documentary. Hitler’s World: The Post-War Plan explores the chilling vision Nazi Germany had for the world after victory. The documentary examines Hitler’s plans for a new European order, the territories he intended to dominate, and the radical ideology behind his vision of a German-controlled empire. From the reshaping of conquered nations to plans for population control, economic exploitation, and German expansion, this documentary reveals how the Nazi regime imagined life after the war, and how far its ambitions extended beyond the battlefield. A disturbing look at the plans, ambitions, and ideology behind one of history’s most destructive regimes.

At the end of World War II, Allied forces uncovered a staggering secret hidden beneath Europe: vast underground vaults, mines, bunkers, castles, and monasteries filled with priceless art, gold, religious relics, and cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis. Among the recovered objects were masterpieces by legendary artists, the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, and the mysterious Spear of Destiny. But Nazi looting was about more than wealth. Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler were fascinated by ancient legends, mythology, mysticism, and the occult. They sought powerful Christian relics such as the Holy Grail, the Spear of Destiny, the True Cross, and other sacred objects, believing these artifacts could provide symbolic—and, according to some theories, supernatural—power. Hitler also planned a colossal museum that would display the greatest artworks Europe had ever produced. From the underground salt mines of Altaussee to the secret Kunstbunker beneath Nuremberg, follow the extraordinary trail of Nazi-looted treasures and the investigators who uncovered them. Discover how the Monuments Men recovered millions of stolen objects, how priceless masterpieces were rescued from destruction, and why thousands of artworks

Discover unpublished and rarely seen photographs from the Battle of Berlin in 1945, brought together in an exclusive collection for history enthusiasts. More than 200 historical photographs take you through the final days of the Third Reich and reveal scenes rarely shown in documentaries. The Third Reich was much more than Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Between 1933 and 1945, Germany was progressively transformed into a dictatorship in which state institutions, party organizations, security forces, and different sectors of society were subjected to a deeply complex authoritarian system. Although Hitler concentrated ultimate authority, beneath him lay a massive structure made up of ministers, regional leaders, bureaucrats, military officials, and organizations that constantly competed for power and influence. Inside the regime, traditional institutions coexisted with new organizations created or controlled by the Nazis. The Nazi Party, the SS, the Gestapo, the SD, and numerous administrative bodies carried out different and sometimes overlapping functions. At the same time, figures such as Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, and Martin Bormann built their own spheres of influence around Hitler. This internal competition