"He's Alive" is a fourth-season episode of The Twilight Zone. It tells of an American neo-Nazi who is inspired by the ghost of Adolf Hitler. A personal passion of Rod Serling, it concludes that figures such as Hitler will always be alive so long as prejudice and ignorance persist.
The leader of a small Nazi group, Peter Vollmer, is visited by a shadowy figure who teaches him how to enthrall a crowd. He is successful at first, but is later undermi...
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"He's Alive" is a fourth-season episode of The Twilight Zone. It tells of an American neo-Nazi who is inspired by the ghost of Adolf Hitler. A personal passion of Rod Serling, it concludes that figures such as Hitler will always be alive so long as prejudice and ignorance persist.
The leader of a small Nazi group, Peter Vollmer, is visited by a shadowy figure who teaches him how to enthrall a crowd. He is successful at first, but is later undermined when the elderly Jewish man he lives with interrupts a speech and denounces him. The man in the shadows reveals himself to be Adolf Hitler and he orders Peter to kill the old man, which he does. When the police arrive to arrest Peter for conspiracy for another crime, he is shot while fleeing the scene. Hitler leaves, off to look for another worthy candidate.
Announcer: "And now, Mr. Serling."
This episode reportedly produced more hate mail than any other installment of The Twilight Zone:
'Within a week after the telecast, Serling and his...
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