Secrets of the Third Reich
Secrets of the Third Reich: Season 2

Air Date

February 1, 2014

Episodes

4 episodes

Secrets of the Third Reich

Season 2

Episodes

1. Patient Hitler

February 1, 2014
47 min

A key figure in Hitler's personal life was the physician Dr. Theodor Morell. From 1936 until Hitler's suicide, Morell is always present, and willing to hand out some dubious medications from his personal stash, ensuring Hitlers dependancy.

2. The Ghost of U513

February 2, 2014
47 min

German U Boat 513, takes 46 of its crew to their deaths and leaves 7 survivors. The final resting place of U 513 and exactly happened to it has remained a mystery, until Vilfredo Schürmann found the submarine off the Brazilian coast.

3. Nazi Gold

February 3, 2014
47 min

In April 1945, 2 armed trains leave Berlin, carrying all of the remaining Reichsbank assets. It amounts to billions of Reichsmarks. Following is a convoy of trucks carrying more than 9 tons of gold destined for the 'Alpine Fortress'.

4. The Hess Enigma

February 4, 2014
47 min

On the 17th of August 1987, news of the suicide of Rudolf Hess, spreads across the world. Allegedly the 93 year old hanged himself in the Spandau prison for Nazi War-Criminals, near Berlin, but his death is as strange as his life had been.