Hitler: The Rise of Evil

<br /> Hitler: The Rise of Evil is a TV miniseries that aired in two parts in May 2003 on CBS, and was produced by Alliance Atlantis. The film explores Adolf Hitler's rise and his early consolidation of power during the years after World War I and focuses closely on how the embittered, politically fragmented and economically buffeted state of German society following the war made that ascent possible. The film also focuses on Ernst Hanfstaengl's influence on Hitler's rise to power.<br /> The film's subplot follows the struggles of Fritz Gerlich, a German journalist who opposes the rising National Socialist German Workers Party. He is portrayed as to fulfill the essence of the quotation attributed to[1] Edmund Burke, [2] which is displayed at the beginning and at the end of the film:<br /> <br /> "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />