Nazis and the Germans part 7

Sunk
Duration: 1 hour
First broadcast: Saturday 28 May 2011
A drama to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Launch of Titanic (31st May 1911).

This is the fascinating story behind the 1943 Nazi propaganda film, Titanic, which was up until then, the most expensive German film ever. The film was commissioned by Goebbels with a view to discredit British and American capitalists. Ironically, this production became a symbol for the corruption and 'sinking' of the Third Reich itself.



In WWII P G Wodehouse was interned first
in France, and then in Germany. During his
internment, he made made some broadcasts on
German radio.

These broadcasts caused many to label him a
traitor, and led to his post war self-imposed
exile in the USA.



Why are books about the Third Reich such an ongoing publishing phenomenon in the UK....and what does it say about us?



Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
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Duration: 10 minutes
First broadcast: Tuesday 25 January 2011
Horst Woit was just 10 years old when he and his mother boarded a ship in the hope of escaping Russian forces towards the end of World War II.

He recalls the night that ship - the Wilhelm Gustloff - went down with huge loss of life.