Hitler And Stalin: A Secret Relationship on SBS – Hitler and Stalin, two men with an extraordinary destiny. The most terrible dictators of the twentieth century.
Everything opposed them, and yet for decades, it was a well-kept secret. Behind the facade of their radical antagonism, the two men had more in common than we think.
Though they never met, their complicity and their collaboration remain the black hole of modern history. What did they think of each other? How did they influence each other? Did they like each other?
This two-part documentary series brings to the light the latest revelations about the most infamous relationship of the twentieth century. It explores – with unpublished and colourised archives – the intimacy of the two monsters, their mutual fascination, their maneuvering to get closer, the marks of trust they exchanged and all the benefit they derived from the German-Soviet pact, before resuming their fight to the finish in June 1941.
Series One, Episode One:
We have long ignored the ‘intimate’ relationship between Hitler and Stalin, this mixture of mistrust and mutual fascination that made them implacable enemies before seeing them allied in a diplomatic farce. Both knew they would face off again sooner or later, this time to the death – but the gestures, the attentions, the decisions, and declarations of one and the other from 1939 to 1941, demonstrate the connivance of the two tyrants.
Hitler And Stalin: A Secret Relationship – New Series Premiere – Saturday, 1 July at 5.30pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (2 Parts)
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