63% of American millennials and Gen Z do not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust according to a survey conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Netflix documentary is based on William L. Shirer's 1960 publication 'The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich', narrated by an AI version of Shirer who died in 1993
Netflix releases new docuseries 'Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial' to educate younger generations about the Holocaust
HistoryTelevisionHow Netflix Docuseries Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial</i↔s geared towards younger audiences. Despite the countless documentaries, movies, TV shows, and books on World War II, 63% of American millennials and Gen Z do not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, according to a 2020 state-by-state survey conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The survey found that 48% could not name a concentration camp or ghetto. Netflix hopes to change that with Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial, an ambitious new World War II documentary out Wednesday that's based on the work of journalist William L. Shirer in his 1960 publication of The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich. Oddly, the whole documentary is also narrated by an AI version of Shirer, who died in 1993. Want More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter.
Joe Berlinger has a production deal with Netflix and has created popular true-crime shows like ‘Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich’
Director Joe Berlinger states that this is the right time to retell this story for a younger generation as a cautionary tale, amidst America’s reckoning with democracy and the rise of authoritarianism.
The documentary uses an AI recreation of William L. Shirer’s voice, an American journalist who served as the series’ unofficial narrator despite passing away in 1993.
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The author makes multiple comparisons between Hitler and the Nazis to modern political figures without explicitly stating who they are. This is an example of disproportionate number of quotations that reflect a specific position and use of language that depicts one side as extreme or unreasonable, which indicates ideological bias.
Hitler’s project: ‘Making Germany great again.’
In America, we are in the midst of our own reckoning with democracy, with authoritarianism knocking at the door and a rise in antisemitism.
The Nazis’ characterization of criticism from the media: ‘Fake news.’
To that end, Berlinger has made a deluxe version of the sort of history of Hitler, the Third Reich and the Holocaust that for years has been a staple of American cable television.
You can’t make a documentary about Germany in the 1930s and ’40s without holding the United States of the 2010s and ’20s in your mind.
Hitler and Hermann Göring were key figures in the Third Reich.
Joe Berlinger directed the Netflix documentary series ‘Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial’.
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The author expresses a clear disdain for those who embrace the ways of the Third Reich and labels them as 'ignorant fools' or 'racist and antisemitic hatemongers'. This language is biased as it demonizes those with opposing views.
