Hitler's Handmaidens

A look at the women who surrounded Hitler after he came to power and how they were held up as an Aryan ideal for German society to strive for once the Nazi dictator approved of their positions.

How women were active - and often violent participants and perpetrators - in the conflict and its attendant atrocities - especially the Holocaust.

Focusing on the fanatical women who took Hitler under their wing and, through love and devotion, acclimatised him to high society to launch him to power, only to be left behind once he achieved it.

Exploring the many lovers of Adolph Hitler, and charting the unfortunate demise of all who dared resist his love, affection and sexual appetite.