{"id":3618,"date":"2025-06-24T00:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/why-does-hitler-still-cast-a-shadow-over-the-world-bbc-world-service\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T00:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:38:03","slug":"why-does-hitler-still-cast-a-shadow-over-the-world-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/why-does-hitler-still-cast-a-shadow-over-the-world-bbc-world-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? &#8211; BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zzXMA-pWXQc?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>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. <\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>But is history at risk of repeating itself? Or are the lessons learned from the mid-20th Century enough to keep fascism at bay?<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:37 Who was Hitler?<br \/>\n01:34 Hitler\u2019s death<br \/>\n03:36 Neonazism in the 21st Century<br \/>\n05:59 History repeating itself?<br \/>\n08:38 Lessons from Hitler\u2019s evil legacy<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.<br \/>\nIf you like what we do, you can also find us here:<br \/>\nInstagram \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nTwitter \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nFacebook \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/facebook.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nBBC World Service website \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldserviceradio<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching and subscribing!<br \/>\n#BBCWorldService #WorldService #hitler #fascism #history<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zzXMA-pWXQc\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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