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History Uncovered Season 2 Episodes

2017-2025
4 Seasons
Documentary

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Myths die hard and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this iron law. We still live today with preconceived ideas that we take as gospel truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima made Japan surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was ultimately a necessary evil to modernize China. Certainly, these judgments contain an element of veracity; but, too summary to be faithful, they betray historical reality, the complexity of which they deny. What if the truth is slightly different? By exploring the great national or transnational mythologies, this entirely archival-based series revisits the history of the 20th century through a new angle.

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6 Episodes 2021 - 2021

Episode 1

La dénazification, mission impossible

On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered. Its leaders had to be punished, its symbols and schemes eradicated once and for all. The Nuremberg trials, which attracted a great deal of attention from the media, raised hopes that Germany would be liberated from the devastating ideology. But this attempt soon proved to be wishful thinking: the Allies quickly realized that the denazification of millions of Germans close to the NSDAP was an unattainable goal, which helped the German population, who had partially covered for the Nazi criminals, to some degree of rehabilitation.

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