The Ascent - Production & Contact Info

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Benjamin Carter Hett Self - Author, 'The Death of Democracy' (as Benjamin Hett) Self - Author, 'The Death of Democracy' (as Benjamin Hett) See fewer	The Man Who Crossed Hitler (2011)
Peter Longerich Self - Author, 'Hitler: A Biography' Self - Author, 'Hitler: A Biography' See fewer	The Abyss: Rise and Fall of the Nazis (2021)
Rebecca Bennette Self - Author, 'Fighting for the Soul of Germany' Self - Author, 'Fighting for the Soul of Germany' See fewer	Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich (2023)
Steven P. Remy Self - Editor, 'Adolf Hitler: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works' Self - Editor, 'Adolf Hitler: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works' See fewer	Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (2024)
Anne Berg Self - Author, 'Empire of Rags and Bones' Self - Author, 'Empire of Rags and Bones' See fewer	Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (2024)
Silvia Bittencourt Self - Author, 'The Poison Kitchen: A Newspaper Against Hitler' Self - Author, 'The Poison Kitchen: A Newspaper Against Hitler' See fewer	Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich (2023)
Timothy Snyder Self - Author, 'On Tyranny' Self - Author, 'On Tyranny' See fewer	Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018)
Heike B. Görtemaker Self - Author, 'Eva Braun: Life with Hitler' Self - Author, 'Eva Braun: Life with Hitler' See fewer	Nazi Underworld (2011)
Norbert Frei Self - Author, 'National Socialist Rule in Germany' Self - Author, 'National Socialist Rule in Germany' See fewer	Die Machtergreifung (2009)
Sefton Delmer Self - Journalist (archive footage) Self - Journalist (archive footage) See fewer	This Is Your Life (1955)
Alfred Frauenfeld Self - Austrian Nazi (archive sound) Self - Austrian Nazi (archive sound) See fewer
David Maxwell Fyfe Self - Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials (archive footage) (as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe) Self - Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials (archive footage) (as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Hans B. Gisevius Self - German Intelligence Agent (archive footage) (as Hans Bernd Gisevius) Self - German Intelligence Agent (archive footage) (as Hans Bernd Gisevius) See fewer	Hitler und das deutsche Volk (1965)
Joseph Goebbels Self - Minister of Propaganda (archive footage) Self - Minister of Propaganda (archive footage) See fewer	Der Führer (1932)
Egon Hanfstaengl Self - Son of Ernst and Helene (archive sound) Self - Son of Ernst and Helene (archive sound) See fewer	Der fremde Donner (1984)
Ernst Hanfstaengl Self - Friend of Adolf Hitler (archive sound) Self - Friend of Adolf Hitler (archive sound) See fewer	Hans Westmar (1933)
Helene Hanfstaengl Self - Friend of Adolf Hitler (archive sound) Self - Friend of Adolf Hitler (archive sound) See fewer
Ilse Hess Self - Wife of Rudolf Hess (archive sound) Self - Wife of Rudolf Hess (archive sound) See fewer	Rudolf Heß - Der Stellvertreter (1978)
Rudolf Hess Self - Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party (archive footage) Self - Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Alois Hitler Self - Father of Adolf Hitler (archive footage) Self - Father of Adolf Hitler (archive footage) See fewer
Klara Hitler Self - Mother of Adolf Hitler (archive footage) Self - Mother of Adolf Hitler (archive footage) See fewer
Heinrich Härtle Self - Hitler's Bodyguard (archive sound) Self - Hitler's Bodyguard (archive sound) See fewer
Robert Jackson Self - Chief Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials (archive footage) Self - Chief Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Alfred Jodl Self - Nazi (archive sound) Self - Nazi (archive sound) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Erich Kempka Self - Hitler's Driver (archive sound) Self - Hitler's Driver (archive sound) See fewer	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968)
Emil Klein Self - Early Nazi Party Member (archive sound) Self - Early Nazi Party Member (archive sound) See fewer	The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
Geli Raubal Self - Niece of Adolf Hitler (archive footage) Self - Niece of Adolf Hitler (archive footage) See fewer
Heinz Ruck Self - SA Lieutenant (archive sound) Self - SA Lieutenant (archive sound) See fewer
Ernst Röhm Self - SA Chief of Staff (archive footage) Self - SA Chief of Staff (archive footage) See fewer	Victory of the Faith (1933)
John Toland Self - Hitler Biographer (archive sound) Self - Hitler Biographer (archive sound) See fewer	Rudolf Heß - Der Stellvertreter (1978)
Paul von Hindenburg Self - President of Germany (archive footage) Self - President of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (1933)
Franz von Papen Self - Vice Chancellor (archive footage) Self - Vice Chancellor (archive footage) See fewer	Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (1933)
Max Wünsche Self - Hitler's Bodyguard (archive sound) Self - Hitler's Bodyguard (archive sound) See fewer