Rise of the Nazis (TV Mini Series) The Home Front (2022) User Reviews

An intriguing story continues.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 19 May 2022]

The final episode deals with a fascinating, and crucial point in the war, the withdrawal from The Eastern front, a time where it was even suggested that Hitler enter into some sort of pact with The Soviets.

Split pretty much into two segments, the first half tells the story of The White Rose, and Sophie Scholl, the second recounts the fascinating story of Claus von Stauffenberg.

I was aware of The White Rose, I wasn't aware or some of the specifics surrounding Scholl, this is a very informative drama, you will learn of her defiance, bravery, and ultimately her demise.

The story of Von Stauffenberg is well documented, and if you've not seen the film, I'd urge you too.

I enjoyed the spin of the episode, as a Brit I've always been exposed to the terror of The Nazis, the obliteration of places like Plymouth, what this does is give you the other side, German cities destroyed by The Allies, innocent Germans that dared to defy The Nazis, it's very interesting.

8/10.

Impressions of History

[johnv-12737 · 8/10 · 9 May 2022]

Nothing wrong with the history presented in this last episode of season two, but the decision to focus on two figures alone as emblematic of German resistance to the Nazis and Hitler, Sophie Scholl and Claus von Stauffenberg, gave undeserved short shrift to other equally or even more significant opposition figures. The moral stand taken by Catholic and Lutheran pastors like Bishop Clemens von Galen of Münster, Martin Niemöller and Dietrich Bonhoeffer arguably formed the intellectual background of the student resistance. (Von Galen's sermons were reprinted in the White Rose leaflets.) The producers seem to have focused on Sophie Scholl in large part because she was a young woman, a more sympathetic counterpoint to the aristocratic Wehrmacht officer, Stauffenberg. But the impression was given that Sophie was the sole animating force the of the Munich student resistance, neglecting to mention her brother Hans, or Christoph Probst, who were arrested and executed with Sophie.

In part, this can be explained by the format of "talking head" historians explaining the motivations of the key figures in Nazi Germany. If, hypothetically, you choose a feminist historian to speak for Sophie Scholl, you are unlikely to hear much about her male comrades. But perhaps more pointedly, the series is locked into the subtext of resistance to rising authoritarianism in the present, so who better than.a 21-year old university student, who experiences a moral awakening and becomes a martyr for freedom and justice to inspire young people in the present?