Hitler's Bodyguard

Disc 1
Episode 1:How Hitler’s Bodyguard Worked
Hitler’s personal protection squad grew from a few fiercely loyal, handpicked ruffians into an army with a complicated structure and intense internal competition.

Episode 2:Early Attempts on Hitler’s Life
Beer hall brawls, street fighting, and several brushes with death marked Hitler’s rise to power in the stormy politics of interbellum Germany.

Episode 3:Kill the New Chancellor!
During Hitler’s first year in office—as he steered Germany abruptly towards tyranny—he faced no fewer than a dozen attempts on his life.

Episode 4:Night of the Long Knives
In one bloody, well-planned purge, Hitler eliminated his political rivals and ended the looming threat from Ernst Röhm’s well-armed Sturmabteilung.

Disc 2
Episode 5:Jewish and Émigré Attempts to Kill Hitler
As the Nazis amped up their anti-Semitic and expansionist activities, Jewish groups, Soviet Communists, and Otto Strasser’s rival Black Front all targeted Hitler.

Episode 6:Kill Hitler Before War Starts
By 1938, people inside and outside Germany—including some of Hitler’s senior military personnel—planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.

Episode 7:Bombs and Paranoia
Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.

Disc 3
Episode 8:Dangerous Car Journeys
Hitler liked to tour cheering crowds in a customized, open-top Mercedes Grosser and later a G4—a predilection that gave his bodyguards nightmares. Episode 9:Flights into Danger
One of the first politicians to use campaign flights, Hitler eventually exposed himself to assassination attempts while touring his conquered lands by air.

Episode 10:Hitler’s Dangerous Train Journeys
British operatives targeted Hitler’s special train, the Führer-Sonderzug—a rolling fortress on rails—despite its heavy armor and tight security measures.

Disc 4
Episode 11:Attempts to Kill Hitler at the Wolf’s Lair
Heavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler’s military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts—including the one that came closest to succeeding.

Episode 12:Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
Hitler’s Alpine retreat in Bavaria offered opportunities for a pistol-packing German officer, a sniper, a long-range bombing raid, and even an aerial assault by the Allies.

Episode 13:Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
One member of Hitler’s inner circle later claimed to have contemplated flooding the Führer’s Berlin bunker with nerve gas as the Allies closed in.

• 20-page viewer’s guide with highlights, questions to consider, avenues for further learning, Who’s Who among Hitler’s Bodyguard, and a guide to Hitler’s security units
• Killing Hitler in the Movies filmography
• Photo galleries

Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 611 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 4
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color and Black & White
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A

Since 1990, the British team of Philip Nugus and Jonathan Martin has created popular, critically acclaimed historical documentaries, including Churchill’s Bodyguard and The Century of Warfare.