History ArtisticLicenseHistory / HitlerTheRiseOfEvil

* Hitler's mother and father (Klara Hitler and Alois Hitler) were cousins instead of uncle and niece. That was how she addressed him, not their actual blood relation.

One of the hallmarks of this MiniSeries about the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany is the amount of [[ArtisticLicenseHistory liberties it took with history]]. It got so bad that Ian Kershaw - the historian brought on as an advisor for the show, whose deeply researched two-volume biography of Hitler even ''inspired'' the show - regretted ever taking part of it and wondered why he was brought on in the first place because he felt that everything he said was being ignored.

* When Hitler returns to UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} after the war, he witnesses a couple of Communist revolutionaries [[ToppledStatue toppling a statue]] of Wilhelm II. Not only did such a specific incident not occur in Munich (it did occur in places such as Strasbourg, which was annexed by the French after World War I), it is also never clarified ''why'' the statue is there. Wilhelm was officially the "German Emperor", but quite explicitly ''not'' the monarch of the Kingdom of Bavaria.[[note]]The German Empire was officially a federation of several kingdoms like Prussia and Bavaria, duchies like Brunswick and Anhalt, and city-states like Hamburg and Bremen. While the Kaiser was recognized at the head of state, each of the member states enjoyed a great deal of autonomy, to the point that the larger states even had their own armies and war ministers.[[/note]]

* Ernst Röhm is present for the Bamberg Conference in 1926. He was actually in Bolivia from 1923 until 1930.

* When Hitler returns to UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} after the war, he witnesses a couple of Communist revolutionaries [[ToppledStatue toppling a statue]] of Wilhelm II. Not only did such a specific incident not occur in Munich (it did occur in places such as Strasbourg, which was annexed by the French after World War I), it is also never clarified ''why'' the statue is there. Wilhelm was officially the "German Emperor", but quite explicitly ''not'' the monarch of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

* Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich and Rudolf Hess are all either [[DemotedToExtra minor characters]] or [[AdaptedOut non-existent]] in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power. Trusted putsch comrades of Hitler like Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Robert Heinrich Wagner and Friedrich Weber ([[Literature/WebersGermanyTheVeterinarianTotalitarian that one]]) are not featured either.

* Hitler had blue eyes, [[AdaptationDyeJob something none of the actors playing him in the series have]].

* Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich and Rudolf Hess are all either [[DemotedToExtra minor characters]] or [[AdaptedOut non-existent]] in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power. Putsch comrades of Hitler like Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Robert Heinrich Wagner and Friedrich Weber ([[Literature/WebersGermanyTheVeterinarianTotalitarian that one]]) are not featured either.

* Von Hindenburg's funeral wasn't in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, but at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannenberg_Memorial Tannenberg Memorial]] in East UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} (now part of UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}). Also, the funeral is said to be taking place on August 2, 1934, which is actually the date that Hindenburg ''died''. The actual funeral took place on August 7, 1934.

** The Enabling Act and the Reichstag Fire Decree are conflated into a single act.

* Von Hindenburg's funeral wasn't in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, but at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannenberg_Memorial Tannenberg Memiorial]] in East UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} (now part of UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}). Also, the funeral is said to be taking place on August 2, 1934, which is actually the date that Hindenburg ''died''. The actual funeral took place on August 7, 1934.

* When Hitler returns to UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} after the war, he witnesses a couple of Communist revolutionaries [[ToppledStatue toppling a statue]] of Wilhelm II. Not only did such a specific incident not occur, it is also never clarified ''why'' the statue is there. Wilhelm was officially the "German Emperor", but quite explicitly ''not'' the monarch of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

* When Hitler returns to UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} after the war, he witnesses a couple of Communist revolutionaries toppling a statue of Wilhelm II. Not only did such a specific incident not occur, it is also never clarified ''why'' the statue is there. Wilhelm was officially the "German Emperor", but quite explicitly ''not'' the monarch of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

* Von Hindenburg's funeral wasn't in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, but at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannenberg_Memorial Tannenberg Memiorial]] in East UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} (now part of UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}). Also, the funeral is said to be taking place on August 2, 1934, which is actually the date that Hindenburg ''died''.

* Von Hindenburg's funeral wasn't in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, but at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannenberg_Memorial Tannenberg Memiorial]] in East UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}. Also, the funeral is said to be taking place on August 2, 1934, which is actually the date that Hindenburg ''died''.

* Von Hindenburg's funeral wasn't in Berlin, but in East Prussia. Also, the funeral is said to be taking place on August 2, 1934, which is actually the date that Hindenburg ''died''.

* Also, during that above scene, German soldiers remark that they're so close to Paris that they can smell perfume from the city. The Germans made their closest approach to Paris during the first month of the war. In 1918, the Allies were steadily pushing the Germans back.

* Hitler is told he's being deployed to the Eastern Front, right before the gas attack that blinds him. The Eastern Front ended in March 1918, with Russia collapsing due to the Bolshevik Revolution, seven months before Hitler being sent to hospital. Hitler only served on the Western Front, never receiving any orders to go East.

** The ''Parteiadler'' appears while Hitler speaks in Munich. It did not get adopted until he assumed power.

** Several German soldiers, including Hitler, can be seen using the Karabiner 98k rifle during World War I and in the 1920s. That rifle was not introduced until 1935.

* In the series, Hitler goes to Germany just on the outbreak of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI in 1914. In reality, he moved to Germany in 1913.

* Some {{anachronisms|Stew}}:

One of the hallmarks of this series about the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany is the amount of [[ArtisticLicenseHistory liberties it took with history]]. It got so bad that Ian Kershaw - the historian brought on as an advisor for the show, whose deeply researched two-volume biography of Hitler even ''inspired'' the show - regretted ever taking part of it and wondered why he was brought on in the first place because he felt that everything he said was being ignored.

* The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. Austrian Jews of the turn of the century were among the most assimilated and liberal in Europe, so most dressed, behaved, and looked like Austrian Christians. Hitler himself noted in ''Literature/MeinKampf'' that he never saw a Hasidic Jew until he moved to Vienna... a passage they actually quote ''in this very movie.'' The real man who treated his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Bloch Eduard Bloch]], was no exception.

One of the hallmarks of this series about the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is the amount of [[ArtisticLicenseHistory liberties it took with history]]. It got so bad that Ian Kershaw - the historian brought on as an advisor for the show, whose deeply researched two-volume biography of Hitler even ''inspired'' the show - regretted ever taking part of it and wondered why he was brought on in the first place because he felt that everything he said was being ignored.

* Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, Rudolf Hess and Robert Wagner are all either [[DemotedToExtra minor characters]] or [[AdaptedOut non-existent]] in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power.

* The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. Austrian Jews of the turn of the century were among the most assimilated and liberal in Europe, so most dressed, acted, and looked like Austrian Christians. Hitler himself noted in ''Literature/MeinKampf'' that he never saw a Hasidic Jew until he moved to Vienna... a passage they actually quote ''in this very movie.'' The real man who treated his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Bloch Eduard Bloch]], was no exception.

* The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. Austrian Jews of the turn of the century were among the most assimilated in Europe, so most dressed, acted, and looked like Austrian Christians. Hitler himself noted in ''Literature/MeinKampf'' that he never saw a Hasidic Jew until he moved to Vienna... a passage they actually quote ''in this very movie.'' The real man who treated his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Bloch Eduard Bloch]], was no exception.

* Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich and Rudolf Hess are all either [[DemotedToExtra minor characters]] or [[AdaptedOut non-existent]] in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power.

One of the hallmarks of this series about the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is the amount of [[ArtisticLicenseHistory liberties it took with history]]. It got so bad that Ian Kershaw - the historian brought on as an advisor for the show, whose two-volume biography of Hitler even ''inspired'' the show - regretted ever taking part of it and wondered why he was brought on in the first place because he felt that everything he said was being ignored.