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Nazi Hunters


Ch. Title Description # Day Date Time Length RPT CC DVS AD MD
10.1 The "Good" Nazi? Albert Speer used and organized slave labor in death camps and prolonged the war by his fanatical work to develop the Nazi war machine. The U.S.eventually tracked him down, but was justice really served? 106 TH 05/10/12 09:00pm 00:50:17 (RPT) (CC) × ST
10.1 The Angel of Death Joseph Mengele experimented on adults and children in the Auschwitz death camps. He was, for many years, the world's most wanted criminal. The chase to track Mengele is traced, to the year 1979 in Latin America. 107 TH 05/17/12 09:00pm 00:49:45 (RPT) (CC) × ST
10.1 The Jewish Avengers After the war, a Jewish group called the Avengers were horrified by the number of known Nazis with blood on their hands who were simply allowed to resume their normal lives. A look is taken at how they decided to hunt the Nazis. 108 TH 05/24/12 09:00pm 00:51:39 (RPT) (CC) × ST
10.1 Killing of Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Heydrich was one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Heydrich chaired the infamous Wandsee conference, which approved the deportation of the Jews to extermination camps. In London, the Czechoslovak government in exile--plotted the assassination of Heydrich by the British Government. A look is taken back to 1942, when Heydrich was ambushed while he rode in his open car in the Prague suburb of Kobylisy. 109 TH 05/31/12 09:00pm 00:49:18 (RPT) (CC) × ST
10.1 Hunting Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann was the SS officer charged with the Final Solution. Isser Harel, chief of Mossad, Israel's legendary intelligence agency was determined to hunt down Eichmann. Harel's steps are traced, as he flew to Argentina to personally supervise the mission with a 30-strong team. (10 of 13) 110 TH 06/14/12 09:00pm 00:51:03 (RPT) (CC) × ST
10.1 The Monster and the Butcher Klaus Barbie was head of the Gestapo in Lyon, France in WWII. His barbarity earned him the nickname "Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for the deaths of more than 4, 000 French men and women, Barbie disappeared after the war. The steps of the Nazi Hunters are traced, all the way to 1984-when he was put on trial. (11 of 13) 111 TH 06/21/12 09:00pm 00:51:03 (RPT) (CC) × ST
10.1 Goering - The Star Exhibit Hitler's deputy, Hermann Goering founded the Gestapo, and commanded the Luftwaffe. Eventually captured after the war, he was sentenced to be executed but. The days before the execution are chronicled, leading up to his suicide. (12 of 13) 112 TH 06/28/12 09:00pm 00:49:31 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 The "Good" Nazi? 106 TH 05/10/12 09:00pm 00:50:17 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 The Angel of Death 107 TH 05/17/12 09:00pm 00:49:45 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 The Jewish Avengers 108 TH 05/24/12 09:00pm 00:51:39 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 Killing of Reinhard Heydrich 109 TH 05/31/12 09:00pm 00:49:18 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 Hunting Adolf Eichmann 110 TH 06/14/12 09:00pm 00:51:03 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 The Monster and the Butcher 111 TH 06/21/12 09:00pm 00:51:03 (RPT) (CC) × ST
36.2 Goering - The Star Exhibit 112 TH 06/28/12 09:00pm 00:49:31 (RPT) (CC) × ST