Hunting Hitler


Hunting Hitler is a History Channel television series based on the hypothetical premise that if Adolf Hitler escaped from the Führerbunker in Berlin at the end of World War II, how might he have done so and where might he have gone. The show was conceived due to the recent declassification of FBI documents exploring whether Hitler might still have been alive in the late 1940s.
The original idea of the show was to investigate the claims to learn why they were made and whether surviving Nazis—particularly any of Hitler's right-hand men—escaped in a manner consistent with the loosely reported sightings made to the U.S. government. The second season expanded the sources for research to declassified documentation from the CIA, MI6, and Argentinian, Russian and German authorities. A third season follows an asset mapping strategy in an attempt to zero in on an escape route. The History Channel cancelled Hunting Hitler after 3 seasons on March 6, 2018.

Reception

The show has been criticized by Variety for "capitalizing on the American public's fascination with Hitler to produce a show based on a , while providing no evidence to substantiate the theory."

Investigative team

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2016–2017)

In Season Two evidence for further research was expanded beyond the declassified FBI documentation used in the first season to declassified documentation from the CIA, MI6, and Argentinian, Russian and Germany authorities.

Season 3 (2017–2018)

In Season Three further evidences of weapon of mass destruction have been revealed.