Nazi Underworld
Nazi Underworld

Nazi Underworld (2011)

6.8 (6 votes)
2 Seasons
July 16, 2011
German
Documentary

Synopsis

Adolf Hitler pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. The Führer may have believed he was Jewish. Rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the Nazi regime.

Network

National Geographic, ZDFinfo

Episodes

Episodes

Hitler's Henchman
E1

Hitler's Henchman

Jul 16, 2011
44 min

Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s most powerful disciple, remains an enigma even today. Why was he interested in the occult? Was Himmler, not Hitler, responsible for ordering the mass murder of Jews?

Hitler's Desert Fox
E2

Hitler's Desert Fox

Jul 23, 2011
44 min

From a top Nazi military commander to a shame-filled death by forced suicide, Erwin Rommel’s fall from Hitler’s good graces caused an international scandal.

Hitler's Women
E3

Hitler's Women

Jul 30, 2011
44 min

Hitler was fascinated with young and vulnerable women – and they with him. New insights reveal shocking details of his relationships with opposite sex.

Hitler's Architect
E4

Hitler's Architect

Aug 6, 2011
44 min

Was Hitler’s architect as innocent of the Holocaust as he managed to convince the world? 30 years after his death, new evidence suggests otherwise.

Hitler's Money
E5

Hitler's Money

Aug 13, 2011
44 min

Money certainly made the Nazi world go round. Positioning himself as a humble man of the people, Hitler secretly amassed immense wealth from donations and tax exemptions to fuel his rise to power.

Hitler's Family
E6

Hitler's Family

Aug 20, 2011
44 min

Hitler did all he could to conceal his colourful family background. Yet his reign was continually threatened by the exposure of his history – one that didn’t belong in the Aryan society he envisioned.

Details

Original Title

Geheimnisse des 'Dritten Reichs'

Status

Ended

Seasons

2

Episodes

11

Production

ZDF