Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were working on a Big Brother-style cable television propaganda industry to be broadcast across Germany.
Plans for the system were first found when Soviet soldiers entered Berlin but have recently been re-examined by researchers for a new Russian documentary.
The Orwellian screens would have been set up in public places and would show "people's television", depicting how the Aryan race should live, with the Nazis focusing on news, sport and education.
Ideas included building rooms beside laundries so women could gather round the TV to watch the broadcasts.
Prototype programmes included Family Chronicles: An Evening with Hans and Gelli, which was an early reality TV show depicting a wholesome Aryan life of a young German couple.
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