Mayday
2003 · Documentary · Drama
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TV series / 2010
Hitler's bodyguard
Adolf Hitler caused the deaths of fifty million people. An entire nation followed him to ruin. Over a tumultuous 12 years Adolf Hitler went from being a minor rabble-rousing politician, to supreme leader of Nazi Germany. He was hated by those he persecuted, and even by some of his own commanders - yet in twenty-five years no one managed to kill him. This program shows how Hitler's bodyguards helped him cheat death on many occasions. …
The story
Adolf Hitler caused the deaths of fifty million people. An entire nation followed him to ruin. Over a tumultuous 12 years Adolf Hitler went from being a minor rabble-rousing politician, to supreme leader of Nazi Germany. He was hated by those he persecuted, and even by some of his own commanders - yet in twenty-five years no one managed to kill him. This program shows how Hitler's bodyguards helped him cheat death on many occasions. They expanded from a handful of thugs recruited to protect political meetings and fight opponents on the streets, to many thousands - including some of the most fearsome secret police and paramilitary forces the world has ever known.
The seasons
Season 1
Season 1
Season details
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Cast
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)
Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)
Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)
Reinhard HeydrichSelf (archive footage)
Claus von StauffenbergSelf (archive footage)
Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage)
Martin BormannSelf (archive footage)
Adolf EichmannSelf (archive footage)
Rudolf HessSelf (archive footage)
Ernst RöhmSelf (archive footage)
Joachim von RibbentropSelf (archive footage)
