Nazi Hunters

Witnesses and historians retell the events leading up to the capture and or death of some of World War Two's most heinous Nazi fugitives.

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Jan 12, 2010

1 seaons till Dec 01, 2012

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Status: Ended

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Last episode: Franz Stangl & Gustav Wagner (Commander Of Treblinka)

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 8 episodes

Season 1

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8 Episodes
  • Episode 1Herbert Cukurs (The Hangman Of Riga)44 min

    Nazi Hunters examines how Israeli secret service agents traveled to South America to assassinate Nazi war criminal Herbert Cukurs. Known as the Hangman of Riga, Cukurs was responsible for the deaths of over 30,000 Latvian Jews. A Mossad agent working under the name 'Anton Kunzle' had him shot in a remote suburb of Montevideo, Uruguay.

  • Episode 2Adolf Eichmann (Architect Of The Holocaust)46 min

    Nazi Hunters examines the capture of Adolf Eichmann considered by many to be one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured outside of his home near Buenos Aires in Argentina by Mossad agents. He was taken to Israel where he was tried for war crimes and later executed.

  • Episode 3Klaus Barbie (The Butcher Of Lyon)43 min

    Nazi Hunters looks at how the husband and wife team of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld worked tirelessly to have Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie extradited from Bolvia to stand trail in France. Barbie known as "The Butch of Lyon" was responsible for the deaths of 10,000 French Jews.

  • Episode 4Erich Priebke (Assassin Of Rome)43 min

    Nazi Hunters examines how, a half-century after the war, American journalists track down former Gestapo officer Erich Priebke. Priebke who was responsible for some of Italy's worst atrocities fled to Argentina after the war. He led a life of relative obscurity until he was confronted by journalists from ABC News in the 1990s.

  • Episode 5Joseph Mengele (Angel Of Death)43 min

    Nazi Hunters examines how Mossad agents from Israel spent nearly thirty years tracking the notorious Nazi physician Josef Mengele. After the war, Mengele flees to Argentina where he lives a relatively nondescript life. After the arrest of Adolph Eichmann he flees to Paraguay and, then, Brazil eluding captivity until his death in 1979.

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