Nazi Hunters

Season 1 Episode 12: Who Killed Heinrich Himmler

Oct 02, 2010 NR 1h 7.6

Two weeks after the end of World War II Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the Gestapo – Germany’s dreaded secret police, killed himself while being interrogated by the British. On the face of it his death looked like straightforward suicide.As the mastermind behind the Final Solution, the systematic murder of six million Jews, no-one mourned Himmler’s passing. However it was not long before rumours about the way in which Himmler died began to spread, lasting for years to come.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Herbert Cukurs

1. Herbert Cukurs

Aired: Dec 1, 2010

Nazi Hunters examines how Israeli secret service agents traveled to South Ame...

Episode 2 Adolf Eichmann

2. Adolf Eichmann

Aired: Dec 22, 2010

Nazi Hunters examines the capture of Adolf Eichmann considered by many to be ...

Episode 3 Klaus Barbie

3. Klaus Barbie

Aired: Feb 16, 2011

Nazi Hunters looks at how the husband and wife team of Serge and Beate Klarsf...

Episode 4 Erich Priebke

4. Erich Priebke

Aired: Oct 2, 2010

Nazi Hunters examines how, a half-century after the war, American journalists...

Episode 5 Joseph Mengele

5. Joseph Mengele

Aired: Oct 2, 2010

Nazi Hunters examines how Mossad agents from Israel spent nearly thirty years...

Episode 6 Kurt Lischka

6. Kurt Lischka

Aired: Oct 2, 2010

Nazi Hunters looks at how German housewife Beate Klarsfeld and her husband Se...

Episode 7 Paul Touvier

7. Paul Touvier

Aired: Oct 2, 2010

Nazi Hunters examines how French investigators hunted down Paul Touvier a pro...


Info about Nazi Hunters

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: National Geographic

Genres: Documentary, History