Science and the Swastika
“Evil is the only known result.”
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Four-part series on science in the Third Reich and its role in Nazi ideology and crimes. Series examining science and morality during the Third Reich; the practice of eugenics and euthanasia in Nazi occupied Europe.
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1 Season • 4 Episodes
2001 – 2001
Premiered: Mon, Mar 19, 2001
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Season 1, Episode 4: “The Good German”
Why did the Germans, the most advanced scientific nation, fail to build a nuclear bomb during the War? In late 1938 a Berlin scientist, Otto Hahn, discovered nuclear fission. Werner Heisenberg, the chief scientist of Germany's wartime nuclear project, pioneered quantum mechanics and won the Nobel Prize. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 Heisenberg friends begged him to leave Germany, knowing he would be asked to work on nuclear research for Hitler but he refused. The focus of the story is a famous meeting in Copenhagen in 1941 between Niels Bohr and Heisenberg where Heisenberg appealed to world physicists, via Bohr, to desist from or slow down nuclear research. But Hans Bethe, a contemporary of Heisenberg has another version of events.
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What is Science and the Swastika about?
Four-part series on science in the Third Reich and its role in Nazi ideology and crimes. Series examining science and morality during the Third Reich; the practice of eugenics and euthanasia in Nazi occupied Europe.
How many seasons does Science and the Swastika have?
Science and the Swastika comprises 1 season available to explore.
Who stars in Science and the Swastika?
Key cast members in Science and the Swastika include Sebastian Faulks, Adolf Hitler.
Who created or directed Science and the Swastika?
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