Science and the Swastika

Synopsis

Series looking at how the Third Reich adapted the tenets of science to its own ends. Narrated by Sebastian Faulks. 07/04: The Good German:

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2004

Year of production

2002

Notes

Broadcast in 4 weekly parts on Channel 4 beginning on 19/3/01

Subjects

History; Science

Keywords

altitude sickness; genetics; history of science; Nazi Germany; nuclear warfare; scientific research; eugenics

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£16.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

9200 minutes

Year

2004

Type

VHS

Format

PAL

Price

£14.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

200 minutes

Year

2004

Sections

Title

Hitler’s biological soldiers

Synopsis

Eyewitness accounts reveal how a number of German medical doctors abandoned the idea of caring for the sick in the Third Reich. Intent on furthering the Nazi vision of a master Aryan race free from disease through selective breeding, they instead favoured a policy of racial cleansing that saw them carry out atrocities in the name of eugenics. By 1939, six years of Nazi rule had helped transform doctors into the murderers of 300,000 disabled people and psychiatric patients - the gas chambers were built to kill them. Includes the testimony of historians, one surviving Nazi doctor, the children of others, archive film. 26/03: The Deadly Experiment: The Nazi regime was eager to use genetic theory as a basis for their notions of racial supremacy and Aryan purity. Doctors were thus given a free rein to do as they pleased , leading to many of them to committing atrocities in the name of state-sanctioned medical research.

Duration

50 mins

Title

Wrong stuff, The

Synopsis

During World War 2 German aviation medics carried out brutal experiments on Dachau inmates to research the effects of high altitude and extreme cold on pilots. After the war, German aviation scientists worked on the American space programme. Focuses on Professor Hubertus Strughold’s contribution to the Apollo moon programme and questions the extent of his involvement with Nazi war crimes in Dachau.

Duration

50 mins

Title

Good German, The

Synopsis

Examines why the Nazis failed to produce an atomic bomb during the war. British and German files reveal the truth behind Hitler’s doomed nuclear project. Was it deliberately sabotaged by Werner Heisenberg, the brilliant scientist who headed Germany’s wartime nuclear project?

Duration

50 mins

Title

Deadly experiment

Synopsis

The Nazi regime was eager to use genetic theory as a basis for their notions of racial supremacy and Aryan purity. Doctors were thus given a free rein to do as they pleased , leading to many of them to committing atrocities in the name of state-sanctioned medical research.

Duration

50 mins

Sponsor

Name

Channel 4 Video

Web

http://www.channel4.com External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7396 4444

Fax

020 7306 8350

Address

124 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2TX

Distributor

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

Simply Media

Contact

Laura Smith

Email

info@simplymedia.tv

Web

http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0203 542 3722

Address

Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ

Notes

Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE