The first of three films documenting the experiences of people who witnessed 20th-century dictatorships in action.

Nicholas Mosley - the son of fascist leader Oswald Mosley - and Nazi sympathiser James Clark were among Britons enthused by the buoyancy of Hitler's Germany in the thirties. Business leaders and press barons also found inspiration in his model for a new society. This film, narrated by Michael Pennington and featuring archive footage, hears from those who saw Nazism at work.
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