Nazi Hunters

Name: Nazi Hunters
Released: 2010-07-04T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

This series tells the tale of an extraordinary group of people, the Nazi Hunters. They chased some of the most hated and reviled people on earth.

2010 · 44m

EPISODE 1

Herbert Cukurs

Mossad agent Anton Kuenzle is assigned to execute Herbert Cukurs, known as ‘The Hangman of Riga, without a trial. But will the fascist see through his disguise?
EPISODE 2

Adolf Eichmann

By 1960, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann is living incognito in Buenos Aires. Can the Israeli secret service track him down and bring him to justice?
EPISODE 3

Klaus Barbi

He has the blood of 10,000 Jews on his hands. But after the war Klaus evades jail and becomes an anti-communist agent for the CIA. Can a housewife bring him to justice?
EPISODE 4

Erich Priebke

Gestapo officer, Erich Priebke is responsible for one of Italy’s worst atrocities. He escapes to Argentina where he eludes justice for 50 years, until he is uncovered.
EPISODE 5

Josef Mengele

After the war, ‘Angel of Death’, Dr Joseph Mengele escaped to Buenos Aires where he lived the high life on the run. It would take nearly 30 years to him down.
EPISODE 6

Kurt Lischka

As the Gestapo Chief in Paris, Kurt Lischka orders the largest mass arrest in French history and is responsible for the murder of 33,000 Jews. How did he escape justice?