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Hitler's Rise to Power

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photoHow did Adolf Hitler rise to power in Germany - a democracy, after all? A CBS docudrama miniseries on Adolf Hitler, "Hitler, the Rise of Evil," which began last night, explores this question. We take a closer look, with a historian of Nazi Germany and an expert on Hitler.

Guests:

Gerhard Weinberg, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of numerous publications on pre-WWII Germany

Ron Rosenbaum, Columnist for the New York Observer and author of "Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of Evil"

This program aired on May 19, 2003.

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