{{Short description|2016 German TV miniseries}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Historical drama | creator = | based_on = | starring = {{Unbulleted list|Anna Maria Mühe, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Urzendowsky}} | music = | narrator = | country = Germany | language = German | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 3 | executive_producer = | producer = | location = | cinematography = | editor = | camera = | runtime = 91 minutes | company = | released = {{Start date|2016}} | channel = Netflix }}
'''''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, a neo-Nazi German terrorist group that was uncovered in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=About This Show |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/nsu-german-history-x/ |website=thefutoncritic.com |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Picks: NSU German History X |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/hot-picks-nsu-german-history-x/5102050.article |website=broadcastnow.co.uk |date=31 March 2016 |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>
==Episodes== The story is told through three ninety-minute episodes. The first one shows how Beate Zschäpe became involved in the group, along with Uwe Mundlos 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/german-history-x-on-netflix-a-neonazi-group-incited-the-murder-of-immigrants-20160729-gqgij7.html|title=German History X on Netflix, a neo-Nazi group incited the murder of immigrants|last=Newsome|first=Brad|date=4 August 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>
# ''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 for US audiences in 2017, but in July 2020, it was removed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Every Netflix Original Removed from Netflix|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-netflix-original-removed-from-netflix/|website=What's on Netflix|date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/08/03/das-jackboot-dont-sleep-on-netflixs-nsu-german-history-x/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912022431/https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/08/03/das-jackboot-dont-sleep-on-netflixs-nsu-german-history-x/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2018|title=Das Jackboot: Don't Sleep on Netflix's 'NSU: German History X' {{!}} Village Voice|date=3 August 2016 |access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Netflix Original 'NSU German History X' Leaving Netflix in July 2020 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/netflix-original-nsu-german-history-x-leaving-netflix-in-july-2020/ |website=whats-on-netflix.com |date=9 June 2020 |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * ''American History X''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|5765988}}
Category:2010s German television miniseries Category:2010s crime drama television series Category:German crime television series Category:German drama television series Category:2016 German television series debuts Category:2016 German television series endings Category:Das Erste original programming Category:True crime television series Category:Docudrama television series Category:Historical drama television series Category:Grimme-Preis for fiction winners Category:Television series about neo-Nazism Category:Television series set in 2011
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