Director: Joe Berlinger
Historical record and courtroom procedure meet in Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial, a 2024 documentary series that traces the rise and collapse of the Nazi regime through the lens of the postwar tribunals that followed it.
What is Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial about?
The series opens with Hitler's early political rise in Germany and follows the machinery that consolidated his power: state-run propaganda, censorship of the press, and a set of policies that stripped Jewish citizens of their rights well before the outbreak of war. Each episode moves between archival footage, expert commentary, and dramatized courtroom sequences drawn from the postwar trials where former officials were made to answer for the regime's actions. Rather than focusing on battlefield events, the series is structured around decision-making — who gave which order, who carried it out, and how the legal system after the war attempted to establish accountability. The final chapters cover the regime's collapse and the international effort to document what had happened, using surviving testimony and records as the backbone of the account.
Cast & crew
The series draws on historical footage and testimony rather than a conventional cast, with dramatized courtroom scenes featuring performers portraying officials tried after the war, credited alongside the documentary's historians and legal commentators.
Context & significance
Directed by Joe Berlinger, known for documentary work built around trial records and investigative reconstruction, the series was released in 2024 as part of a broader run of historical documentaries examining twentieth-century atrocities through legal and institutional records rather than dramatized narrative alone.
Where & how to watch
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, and the series page can be browsed without signing in. Streaming the episodes requires a free K-Time account, and the platform's interface — from search to subtitle options — is designed for Persian-speaking viewers.