Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? - BBC World Service

It has been 80 years since Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany and the Nazi Party during the Second World War, killed himself in a bunker in Berlin. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM He and his policies led to the Holocaust, the worst genocide in history, and an atrocity so terrible that he is considered truly evil. Despite a concerted effort from Allied forces to eradicate Nazism, it has proved difficult to destroy an ideology. Far right politics is seeing a resurgence globally and, almost a century after his death, Hitler remains a notorious spectre in the modern consciousness. But is history at risk of repeating itself? Or are the lessons learned from the mid-20th Century enough to keep fascism at bay? 00:00 Intro 00:37 Who was Hitler? 01:34 Hitler’s death 03:36 Neonazism in the 21st Century 05:59 History repeating itself? 08:38 Lessons from Hitler’s evil legacy ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #hitler #fascism #history