''NSU German History X'' is the American name for the 2016 German TV miniseries ''Mitten in Deutschland: NSU''.

Synopsis

The three-part series dramatizes the true events and characters of the

National Socialist Underground The National Socialist Underground (, ), or NSU (), was a German neo-Nazi militant organisation active between 1998 and 2011, and uncovered in November 2011. Regarded as a terror cell, the NSU is mostly associated with Uwe Mundlos, Uwe Böh ...

, a

neo-Nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...

German terrorist group that was uncovered in November 2011.

Episodes

The story is told through three ninety-minute episodes. The first one shows how

Beate Zschäpe Beate Zschäpe (; ; born 2 January 1975) is a German far-right extremist and a member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a neo-Nazi terrorist organization. In July 2018, she was sentenced to life imprisonment for numerous crimes com ...

became involved in the group, along with

Uwe Mundlos Uwe Mundlos (11 August 1973 – 4 November 2011) was a German neo-Nazi, right-wing terrorist and serial killer. Together with Uwe Böhnhardt and Beate Zschäpe, he formed the nucleus of the terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU), ...

and Uwe Böhnhardt. Episode two focuses on the victims of their terror campaigns, and the last episode presents the police investigation that ultimately uncovered and thwarted the group. # ''Die Täter – Heute ist nicht alle Tage'' (directed by Christian Schwochow) # ''Die Opfer – Vergesst mich nicht'' (directed by Züli Aladağ) # ''Die Ermittler – Nur für den Dienstgebrauch'' (directed by Florian Cossen)

Release

The show was licensed and syndicated by

Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple lang ...

for US audiences in 2017, but in July 2020, it was removed.

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2010s German television miniseries German drama television series 2016 German television series debuts 2016 German television series endings Das Erste original programming True crime television series Docudrama television series Grimme-Preis for fiction winners Television series about neo-Nazism Television series set in 2011 {{Germany-tv-prog-stub

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