Hunting Hitler (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - The Final Hunt Begins - full transcript

What was the significance
of Narvik to the Nazis

at the end of the war?

What were the submarines
doing here?

Heavy water is one of
the necessary components

to making a nuclear weapon.

If we're going to find
any evidence of heavy water,

where should I look?

Have we had any
potential targets yet?

No, not yet.

What's that right there?

Ah.



That's massive!

Yeah, that's big. That's big.

We have a hit.

Let's find out what it is.

Throughout this investigation,
Hitler has always left a trail.

What lies beneath us
might give us real evidence

for the very first time
of his plans put in action.

This post-war Nazi machine
was bigger than anything

I could even have imagined.

"The entire Nazi movement
is completely

and perfectly organized
throughout the world."

They weren't going to give up.
They weren't defeated.

They were going to keep going
until they got back on top.

Bob Baer, 21-year CIA veteran,



and one of the most
respected minds

in the intelligence community,

has spent the last two years
overseeing a global manhunt

to uncover the fate
of Adolf Hitler

at the end of World War II.

Holy crap. That's a swastika.

Biggest criminal
in modern history

supposedly commits
suicide in this bunker.

But where is the body?

There are no witnesses
that saw him dead.

We first started
this investigation

because we had no conclusive
proof he died in the bunker.

The body that was wrapped up
in that blanket was not him.

That's a problem.

The more we kept digging,

we established that he could've
made it not only out of Germany,

but he could have made it
all the way to South America.

And beyond that, we established
there was a plan to get Hitler

and thousands
of Nazis to safety.

This is a nasty nest of vipers
right in the middle of Europe.

Hitler would've had massive
infrastructure, safe houses,

money, military compounds,

and the support of a massive
network of associates.

This was not Saddam Hussein
hiding in a spider hole.

This was a well-organized,
well-funded plan

that was set up years in advance
to get Hitler to safety.

He has everything
that he needs to do, I think,

anything that he wants.
And that's scary.

In the last 70 years,
no one has ever been this close

to discovering
the truth about Hitler.

What we found is absolutely
ground-breaking,

but doesn't tell us exactly
what happened to Adolf Hitler.

We need to find where he went
and exactly how he got there.

Now we have to close this case.

And to do that, we're going
to change our strategy.

We're going to do what every
intelligence agency does

when they want
to capture their target.

We're going to use a strategy
called asset-mapping,

which means uncovering
his support network

of close associates.

And we are going to simply
analyze these links

and figure out how they may
have helped him get away.

This is what I've done

throughout my whole career
at the CIA...

Looking at networks to track
down high-value terrorists.

To execute this new approach
to the investigation,

Nada Bakos, former
terrorist-targeting officer

and an expert in
the asset-mapping method,

joins the team.

From 2000 to 2011,
Nada was at the heart

of the CIA task force
responsible

for dismantling
the Al-Qaeda network

and its biggest targets,

Osama Bin Laden
and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

To take down a whole network,

you work on one detail
at a time...

One person at a time, one piece
of information at at time...

That will eventually
lead you to your target.

You're going to build a picture
which represents the network

that's around
the high-value target.

If you want to hunt for
somebody, go to Nada Bakos.

She's one of the best.

People put their lives in her
hands based on her judgement.

To find this guy,
we have to understand

where he went for help.

Even the smallest connection
can break this case wide open.

Like Bin Laden.

He relied on a courier to
keep him alive, keep him safe.

And they finally were
able to capture him

because of the courier.

That's how you find people
that don't want to be found.

This is the final step
in hunting a human being.

And that needs to be the next
step for this investigation.

By taking apart that network,
Hitler's got nowhere to hide.

If we're going to map
the assets around Hitler,

the first step is
looking at the family

because they're some of the
closest people to the target.

And that usually gives us
new pieces of intelligence

that we can then follow.

Well, I think absolutely
we should start there.

As Bob and Nada initiate
their asset-mapping strategy,

they're assisted by a
first-of-its-kind database

that combines powerful
network search tools,

link analysis software,

and 14,000 recently
declassified documents

from every major intelligence
agency around the world.

So, this is Hitler's
immediate family.

And by the time he is 18,
both of his parents pass away.

And we can eliminate
his half-brother, Alois,

because they were estranged
and didn't have a relationship.

Four of his siblings died
during childhood,

so we can eliminate all of them.

And what we have left is Adolf
and his two sisters,

Angela and Paula.

The two sisters now
should be our target.

Let's find out
what happened to them.

Paula and Angela Hitler,
April 1945.

Look, we got a bunch of hits.

Okay, we got... Look.

The database has a 91%
match for these keywords.

US Army, July 12, 1945...

This was an interview
with Hitler's sister.

"My coming to Berchtesgaden
was very strange.

One morning in
the middle of April,

a driver entered the house

and told me we were supposed
to leave in two hours."

Here's Hitler pulling his two
sisters out of their homes

and moving them
to Berchtesgaden.

And that's big.

Okay, look.

Here's Berlin.

And we've got
Berchtesgaden down here.

That's an hour flight,
350 miles south.

He obviously trusts his sisters
to be located in this area.

So, why Berchtesgaden?

You know, what we
have to remember

is Berchtesgaden
is Hitler's home.

He felt comfortable there.

Built deep into the mountains
of southern Germany,

the small town
of Berchtesgaden was home

to the Fuhrer's
Alpine headquarters

known as the Berghof.

Hitler spent more time
at this home

than anywhere else
during World War II.

And from this balcony in 1939,

he made the decision
to invade Poland,

officially commencing the war.

And look at this file.

US Army, April 7, 1945...

This is a secret memo from
Eisenhower to the High Command,

right before the fall of Berlin.

"Berlin itself is no longer

a particularly
important objective.

We proceed on the general plan
of attempting to disrupt

any German effort

to establish a fortress
in the southern mountains."

That's Berchtesgaden.

This is Eisenhower
in his own words...

"We don't care about
Berlin anymore."

Rather than going
north up to Berlin,

he's going 350 miles
south to Berchtesgaden.

I'm seeing Berchtesgaden
coming several times,

with Hitler's sisters
and now with Eisenhower

sending troops down
to southern Germany.

I wonder what it is about
the region that is so important.

They had to have intelligence

that the leadership
was going there.

For me, it's very simple.

The only way Eisenhower would
divert his assault on Berlin

is if he found a new target.

There's something more important
in Berchtesgaden than there

is in Berlin.

It's not an accident
they're all going there.

The question is, is it
part of a bigger plan?

What was happening
in Berchtesgaden

at the end of the war?

If he's sending his family,
it's because he knows it's safe.

Exactly.

US Army
Special Forces Tim Kennedy

and world-renowned historian
James Holland

land in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

We know that Adolf Hitler's
sisters were sent here

to these mountains,

the exact same mountains
that Eisenhower

is looking for
a southern fortress.

It is imperative
for us to find out

if there was a plan
in place for Adolf Hitler

to come here
at the end of the war.

You certainly get the lay
of the land from up here.
Without a doubt.

The team begins
their investigation

into Hitler's potential escape
through Berchtesgaden

at a lookout point 6,000 feet
above the valley floor.

So, that down there, Tim,
that's Berchtesgaden.

And Hitler's home
was in the city?

Well, he wasn't actually
in the town at all.

He was in a place called
the Obersalzberg, which is...

Actually, it's that
saddle just down there.

That is the Obersalzberg.

Hitler's house is right
in the center,

but today, you can't see it

because a lot of it
has been destroyed.

Hitler's here, and suddenly,

other Nazis start buying
houses there as well.

And they just colonized
this whole area here.

You think of Hitler as the king,
this is his palace,

and this is the palace grounds.

That's it.

This investigation has turned
towards Hitler's network here.

And now we have a Nazi
compound in the mountains.

It's vital to us to know who
was here at the end of the war

that might have aided in
escape plans for Adolf Hitler.

Lisa, hello. Hi.

Tim and James make
contact with local expert

Lisa Graff-Ryman,

who has spent the last 20 years

studying the history
of the region.

Lisa, right at the very end
of the war,

Hitler sends his sisters here.

Who else was here
in Obersalzberg

and Berchtesgaden at that time?

Who was the head
of Hitler's cabinet.

Yeah.

Goering, who was Hitler's number

Yes, mm-hmm.

What's interesting
about this period

right at the very end of the war
is the Russians are closing in,

and some of the key members
of Hitler's inner circle

are escaping here
to Berchtesgaden.

It's just incredible.

Not only did Adolf Hitler
send his family,

but also the upper echelon
of the Nazi Party

was here at the end of the war.

I'm convinced that Eisenhower
knew something that we don't.

Everybody's heading
to Berchtesgaden.

It's incredible.

So there's a reason Eisenhower
diverted everybody.

Bob and Nada review the findings

the team uncovered
in southern Germany,

where a declassified document
claims Berchtesgaden,

the resort town where
Hitler made his home,

may have been the location
of a secret Nazi escape plan.

At the end of the war,
we can place Lammers and Goering

at Berchtesgaden.

These guys are key spokes
in the wheel.

You're not going to have
this kind of gathering

of high-ranking officials
without a good reason.

This is some sort of
secret plan, no doubt about it.

Let's see what we can find
in the database.

Here we go.

Reporting agency...
OSS, predecessor of the CIA...

April 26, 1945.

"Hitler's new hideout.

A high Nazi Party official
in Hitler's immediate entourage

have asked him to suggest
an inconspicuous place

for Hitler in Berchtesgaden.

You know, it doesn't get
any bigger than this.

You've got this OSS report

essentially putting Hitler
in Berchtesgaden.

You know, you couple this
with Eisenhower

taking the whole
Allied effort down there,

and the fact that
his whole core leadership

were going to Berchtesgaden.
This is a huge revelation.

I think it is perfectly possible

that after his last
public appearance,

he decides to go
to Berchtesgaden.

Hitler was last seen in public
speaking to the Hitler Youth

on April 20, 1945.

Soviet forces stormed
the bunker on May 2nd,

leaving a 12-day window

where the true location
of the Fuhrer remains unknown.

Look, we've spent all this time

looking for ways out of
the bunker before May 2nd.

But maybe he wasn't even there.

Maybe we're looking
in the wrong place.

Maybe he was in Berchtesgaden
the whole time.

This completely changes
this investigation.

The question I have is,
would Hitler have done that?

As the most wanted man
in the world at the time,

does it make sense for him
to actually leave Berlin

and travel down to
Berchtesgaden at this point?

With everyone looking for him,
he wouldn't go someplace

unless it was just as safe
as the Fuhrerbunker.

Well, that's a good question.

I mean, what did he
have in place

that would allow him to move

from the Fuhrerbunker
to Berchtesgaden?

I think this is absolutely
worth checking out.

Yeah.

Tim and James have got
to get on this.

Up this hill used to be
the main entrance.

To Hitler's driveway? Yep.

Deep in the Alpine region
of southern Germany,

Tim and James
investigate the site

of Hitler's former
mountain retreat

located in the center
of the Obersalzberg compound.

If you're bringing Adolf Hitler
here at the end of the war,

he needs to know that he's safe.

We need to dig
into this area to see

if it could've provided
enough security for Adolf Hitler

to relocate from Berlin.

We are actually walking where
Hitler walked countless times.

Yeah.

It's just amazing.

This is the Berghof.

You can see it's in
a pretty bad state.

Yeah. What happened here?

The German Government
blew it up in 1952.

What they did was
they destroyed it, bulldozed it,

and they've covered it
with rubble and soil

and planted trees.

And this is really the only
major bit that still remains,

a kind of retaining wall
behind the Berghof.

That's what it
originally looked like.

You're starting to get
a scale of it.

This was no small house.

Do you have any idea
what kind of security measures

they had in place
here to protect it?

Well, I know the entire area
was cordoned off.

But what there was
around here, I'm not sure.

He's never going to leave
the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin

if he's vulnerable and exposed.

There has to be more here...
A bunker or a tunnel complex.

Yeah, I agree.

The Fuhrerbunker in Berlin
is a bombproof shelter.

I mean, that is a serious
amount of concrete.

Hitler was obsessed
with security.

If Hitler is going
to leave Berlin,

he would need something
that's better

than what they already have.

We need to find the things
that would've protected him.

Look at this, Tim.
It's just stones, bricks.

Hang on. What do you think
this could be?

I mean, that's not going to be
a bunker entrance, is it,

or exit? No.

No, but...

But it's something. Yeah.

There's little pipes.

There's holes... three of them.

So, you think this is
some kind of drainage

or cistern or something?

It could be drainage.

They also might be
running lines through there.

Communication lines,
wires and things?

Or just power. Right.

And they're pointing
this direction, like this.

So, keep going this way.

Yeah.

We have to be getting
close to something.

Well, look. It looks like there's
some earth that's been moved.

There's a big chunk
taken out of the side.

Hey, hang on a minute!
Look at this!

Concrete!

Look at that.

That is a door.

Holy.

300 yards
from Hitler's former home,

the team locates
a reinforced steel door

built into the side of the hill.

This has the exact same
massive concrete protection

as you see in
the bunkers in Berlin.

Oh! That's hollow.

Yeah, it is, isn't it?

Knocking on that door,
you have that hollow,

echoing sound that you get
from inside of a cave.

It sounded like it went forever.

We have a huge steel door
blocking us from gaining access

to a massive,
major, empty tunnel.

I can guarantee you that
it's not just a wine cellar

or a storage room.

We have to know
what's behind that door.

Underneath Hitler's house,
look at this door.

I mean, look at the walls.

This was not just
a vacation house, clearly.

Bob and Nada review
the findings from Hitler's home

in the mountains
of Berchtesgaden

in southern Germany

where a declassified document
could point to Hitler

hiding out at the end of the war
during the time period

he was believed to be in Berlin.

Does this door lead to a bunker
like the one he had in Berlin?

We've got to figure out
how to get in there. Yeah.

While the team works
contacts to gain access

to what lies behind the door,

Bob and Nada uncover intel

that could open a new front
in their investigation.

Bob, you've got to take
a look at this file.

So, this is from OSS
in June 12, 1945.

Look at this line.

"At this time, the decision
had been taken

to divide the ministries
in two parts

and establish one
government in the north

and one in the south."

What this file tells me
is they're splitting up,

creating multiple escape routes.

I mean, this is textbook
redundancy.

North gets cut off,
you head south.

South gets cut off,
you head north.

That's one of the best survival
skills that networks build,

is to give themselves
more than one escape route.

Hitler could've taken
either one of these.

He could've gone north,
or he could've gone south.

In order to find out
which path he took,

we need to look at both routes.

The south has got
to be Berchtesgaden.

Yes. Yeah, absolutely.

So, I guess the bigger
question is... Who went north?

...who went north? Yeah.

Because if we want to find out
more about this escape route,

we need to find out
who's running it.

Who would have enough
familiarity with the north

that would be able
to facilitate this route?

Well, one of his
close associates,

the head of the SS, Himmler,

was caught in the north
trying to escape.

Himmler is the guy we want
to start working on.

Heinrich Himmler was one of
the most powerful figures

in the Third Reich,

and directly responsible
for Hitler's personal safety.

Himmler fled Berlin
at the end of the war

and was captured in Bremervorde,
northern Germany on May 22nd,

three weeks after Hitler
was believed dead.

Here we go.

MI6, October 22, 1945.

"The SS unit, about 30 men,

withdrew to
the Hohenlychen area.

I found out immediately that
Himmler's headquarters

were located there."

Hohenlychen is
Himmler's headquarters.

Let's pull a map and find out
where it's located.

Let's take a look.

You've got Berlin here,
Hohenlychen here.

Himmler goes to Hohenlychen.

It's only 65 miles.

All the pieces are
coming together.

We have a northern escape route,
and now we have a report

saying that Himmler has his
headquarters near Hohenlychen.

But did Hohenlychen have
the infrastructure

that would've facilitated
an escape to the north?

Exactly. That's the question.

I think this warrants
splitting the investigation.

We should get a second team
on the ground, send them north.

What did they have
in Hohenlychen

that would've helped Himmler
and Hitler get away?

Is it a possible
northern route for Hitler?

Depends on how big
an SS operation is here.

Lenny DePaul, former commander

of the US Marshals
Fugitive Task Force,

and investigative journalist
Gerrard Williams

arrive at the location

of Heinrich Himmler's
former headquarters

in search of infrastructure

that could've supported
a secret northern escape route

set up for Adolf Hitler
after the war.

Pretty big structures here.

There wasn't one single plan.

There were two possible
escape plans to get the Fuhrer

and his most trusted people
out of Berlin

before the Soviets took it.

Did Hitler come through here?

I don't know, but we're
going to find out.

This is the size
of a small town.

This compound is massive.

There are several structures
on the property.

I'm going to go through
every inch of this place

to see what we can uncover.

What do you think went on here?

I don't know.

They begin their investigation
of the 26-acre compound

at a large two-story building.

See if we can get in this place.

Watch your step.

It's huge!

This goes on forever.

Look at this hallway.

There was rooms
upon rooms upon rooms.

To me, this is what
a barracks would look like.

You could have thousands
of Nazi soldiers here, easy.

If you needed that type
of protection,

you definitely had
accommodations for all of them.

I mean, you could just put
so many people here.

Be a hell of a bombing
opportunity.

But you see,
most Nazi-era buildings

are not left like this.

They were either
demolished or repurposed.

Why would they not
target this place?

Why wasn't this place bombed?

You'd go anywhere that was
not really important.

In 1946, there'd be bomb
craters everywhere.

You look at the pictures
of Berlin,

and that's after
the Allies bombed it

and then the Soviets shelled it.

But here, there's nothing.

There's not even a bomb crater.

And I have no idea why.

The team continues their
investigation of the compound,

exploring a structure
200 yards to the east.

Look at this.

Why do we have tile all the way
up to the ceilings?

Elevated floor... What was
on top of these things?

Some sort of table.

What is this, an operating room?

I think that's a prep table.

Yeah, right?

And this is an O.R.

Look at this.

What is this?

35 millimeter X-ray film.

Look at this.

Oh, my God.
There's a chest cavity.

Yeah.

We've been wondering
what the hell this is.

I can't think it could be
anything else

but a pretty major
hospital complex.

That completely fits.

This whole compound is
off-limits if it's medical.

Under the Geneva Convention,
if you painted red crosses

on the roofs of these buildings,

they were off the bombing list.

This was a gentleman's war,

and Heinrich Himmler
was no damn gentleman.

This was definitely a hospital,

and a perfect cover to hide
some high-value target

or somebody trying to get
out of dodge in a hurry.

As part of a northern
escape route,

it's a great place to come.

You're safe here to work out

what the next step
on the plan is.

It was perfect.

This could be part of
the northern escape route.

Bob and Nada are overseeing
a dual-pronged investigation

following two possible
escape routes out of Berlin,

one leading toward Hohenlychen
in northern Germany

and another going south
to Berchtesgaden.

I am very curious about
what's behind this door.

I mean, what were they
using this for?

They focus in on
their investigation

into the Nazi's
southern escape route,

where they have uncovered
a mysterious door

just 300 yards from
the location of Hitler's home.

You know who we should get
a hold of, is Sascha Keil.

Hey, Sascha, it's Bob.

Hello, Bob.

Sascha Keil is
a world-renowned expert

on Nazi underground structures.

Hey, Sascha, we found
this door near the Berghof,

cut in the side of the mountain.

What's behind it?

That's just amazing.

Have you been inside it?
Did you see it?

When people are hiding things,
it's a red flag for me.

There's something behind there,
and I want to know what it is.

Sascha, is there a way we can
find out more about this...

Anything to give us a better
idea of what this looks like?

I can try to find out.

Thank you.

The German government
is denying access,

but we're not going to
take "no" for an answer.

We're going to find out what's
under there, whatever it takes.

Did that bunker serve a purpose
in protecting Hitler

as he was escaping south?

The number of people
that have had access

into the Obersalzberg
compound...

Right... are very few.

Not too many, no.

Along the southern escape route,

Tim and James made contact
with historian Florian Birell,

the foremost expert on Nazi
infrastructure in Berchtesgaden.

When I was a younger,
a teenager,

we used to go there quite often.

We photographed it.
We charted maps.

It is absolutely vital for us
to have a better understanding

what lies beneath the Berghof,

and if it could've
provided enough security

to protect the leader
of the Third Reich

if he had escaped out
of the bunker in Berlin

at the end of the war.

This guy here is a real expert.

I've worked with him
for at least ten years.

Florian has arranged a meeting
with engineer Jurgen Weimar,

who has spent the last decade

mapping the Obersalzberg
compound around Hitler's home.

There's quite a bit
of survey data

that I collected over the years,
and I gave all that to Jurgen.

And he now has
the computer technology

and the programs
to put it all together.

Using Jurgen's state-of-the-art
architectural software

and Florian's exclusive data

from the area
under Hitler's home,

they have created
the most extensive

and accurate computer model

of what the Nazis would've
had at their disposal.

So, at the Berghof,
we found a massive door

that's located directly

underneath Hitler's
primary residence.

I need to know
what's behind that door.

I can tell you there is more.

Behind that door, you would
find a vast labyrinth

of underground tunnels.

Really? Yes.

Yeah, this is the whole
bunker system.

That is so much bigger
than I thought.

So, the blue is the buildings
above ground.

Right.

So, there's the Berghof. Yes.

And this is the system.
It's incredible.

A total of three and half miles
of underground tunnels.

Three and half miles?

Yes, very extensive.

400 feet of solid rock
above you right there.

That's enough to stop
a nuclear bomb.

There's six different levels.

Golly!

It's incredible.

This is more than just a
basement of Adolf Hitler's home.

This is a massive,
interconnected tunnel system.

This vertical shaft right here,
what is all this?

Yet another level.

It was intended to build a road
underneath the Obersalzberg.

And in case there was
a surprise attack,

he could escape through
a much lower level.

So he could travel down with
an elevator, get in the car,

and get out of the place.

This tunnel in red, was it built
or was it just planned?

No,
they haven't finished it. Got you.

I mean, this is vastly
more sophisticated

than anything than we have seen.
It's more complex.

It's more massive than
anything in Argentina,

in Chile, even in Berlin. Yep.

This is essentially
a Nazi in-out.

But as it stands, you can't
escape from there, can you?

There's no way.

There's a reason why the Taliban
have been so successful

fighting from the mountains
in Afghanistan.

You burrow into these mountains,
you're there to stay.

The Nazis knew that.

But Adolf Hitler's not
going to come here

without an escape route.

They have to have a safe way
for him to get out,

and we have to find it.

The bunker system is extensive.

But this escape tunnel
was not finished.

He was basically stuck.

There was nowhere to go.

Bob and Nada
continue their investigation

into two possible escape routes

Hitler may have used
to escape Berlin,

one leading toward Berchtesgaden
in southern Germany

and the other
heading to the north

where they are investigating

whether a Nazi compound
in Hohenlychen

could have been part of a secret
northern escape route

set up for Hitler after the war.

There's 26 acres, and we know
of at least 16 buildings so far

that they had built
for this facility...

Some barracks and a hospital.

A hospital would be
a perfect place

for a clandestine operation,

similar to what
terrorist organizations

do now using civilian
neighborhoods to hide in,

using U.S. military uniforms
to disguise themselves.

It's evil but effective.

This is from the OSS.

"In Hohenlychen, Hitler used to
visit the SS Sanatorium.

Local people said Hitler
was definitely seen

to take a lakeside walk in
the same area on 24 April 1945."

This is an eyewitness.

People say they saw Hitler
at Hohenlychen,

and this is six days

before he supposedly committed
suicide in the bunker.

He's seen at Hohenlychen.

The problem is,
Hitler wouldn't be staying

in any of these buildings.

He wouldn't be staying
with the general population.

So, where would he be where
there's a good deal

of privacy...
In fact, total privacy?

We've got to find some place
that Hitler could've put down

and felt safe.

I'll bet you that there's some
sort of building or structure

that could've housed him.

We need to keep digging.

- All right, partner, you ready?
- Let's do what we do best.

Investigating the
northern escape route,

Lenny DePaul, Gerrard Williams,

and their local
translator Teresa

prepare to make contact
with Rosemary Tottenhoff,

a local woman who may have
first-hand knowledge

of Nazi activity
at the Hohenlychen compound.

If Hitler did come here as part
of the northern escape route,

he would've stayed somewhere
secluded and quiet and secure.

He'd have stayed somewhere
pretty opulent.

What we need to do
is find out the areas

where the high-ranking
people stayed.

Thank you very much for
having us in your house today.

You're very kind.

Could you ask our friend here,
what's her links to Hohenlychen?

She was there herself
because her father was a...

What we would call an orderly.

And her mother worked for
a family there in Hohenlychen.

And he was somebody
important, she said.

SS? SS?

Yeah. Okay.

Did her mother ever talk
about senior members

of the Nazi Party
coming to visit?

Hitler came to visit the
Kiesewetter family

when she was working there,

and she had to take off
Hitler's coat for him.

Yeah, she said he was here
more than once in Hohenlychen.

That's interesting.

Was the house in the complex?

This is in Hohenlychen?

This place right on the lake.

Unbelievable.

We didn't see this.

No, we haven't
seen that one there.

Teresa, ask her if... where this
building, this structure is.

It's down the street toward
the water on the right side.

She's telling me
it's on the property.

We've never seen it. Mm-hmm.

We've got to find this place.

We have eyewitnesses to Hitler

walking around
this lake on the 24th.

And now, there in the pictures
is a building

that looks like a large villa
that was on the lake.

It's just incredible.

It all seems to be
coming together.

Well, let's go have
a look at that house.

Here we are. Just down there.

Along the southern escape route
in Berchtesgaden, Germany,

Tim Kennedy and James Holland

head to the location of
a former Nazi office building

in the area of Hitler's home

that James uncovered

while researching
Nazi-era infrastructure

at the local archives,

to see if it could've been used
to support the escape

of Adolf Hitler after the war.

If Adolf Hitler was considering

moving to Berchtesgaden
from Berlin,

he would have to have
a safe way to get out.

We need to find evidence
that they had an escape route

already in place, ready to go.

Nick. Hey.

Their local contact,
Nick Conrad,

has gotten permission
from the owner

to let the team
investigate the building

for a possible escape route.

Was this just an accounting
building, logistical building?

We need to know
exactly what it was.

We're all going to meet Mr. Holzel,
the owner. Okay.

Perhaps he can
help us with that.

Good.

Tim, look at that.

There is still the remains
of a Nazi eagle

over the front entrance porch.

I mean, that's just
absolutely incredible.

Thanks for letting us come.

Oh, wow. Look at this!

This is absolutely amazing.

All original.

But what did they use
this room for?

For reception of foreign
diplomats and leaders.

They were gathering here.

To this building,
into this room?

That's incredible.

So this building is
massively important.

Is there a basement,
or is there anything

that would protect people?

There is a big shelter
underneath.

Oh, really?

Can we see that?

Follow you? Yeah.

That's incredible, isn't it?

Just, we're going down
and down and down.

After about ten minutes
and you're still descending,

you're suddenly thinking,
"Hang on a minute.

This is not just a small
little air-raid shelter.

This is a really
serious tunnel."

What does this remind you of?

It's identical to the piping
system they had at the Berghof.

This is communication
and power...

The same type of communication
they had at the Berghof

at Obersalzberg, they have here.

It's all connected.

Okay, so, this is a series
of rooms, isn't it?

So, it's not just a tunnel.

There's chambers
down here as well.

Hitler's room, Tim.

Incredible.

We are literally standing
where he would've stood.

200 feet below this
Nazi-era government building,

the team has uncovered
a massive,

multi-chambered bunker system

leading to the personal
quarters of Adolf Hitler.

I mean, it's frightening.
We are in the room

that was built to protect
and hide Adolf Hitler

after the war.

We're thinking about,
he's leaving Berlin,

he's going to come down here,

and this gives you everything
you need to be safe...

Yep. ...to be hidden,
to be secure.

But where can he go from here?

Well, this has got to have
an exit point, right?

Yeah, but where?

The team works their
way through the tunnel

beyond Hitler's personal bunker.

Ah, look at this.

What was that used
for right there?

So, it's an emergency exit.

Oh, my God.

Wow.

This is amazing!

It's unbelievable, isn't it?

It's wooded, it's hidden,
and look at that!

A rail line immediately
outside of the tunnel,

so you walk out of the tunnel...

No one can see you.

...the train tracks
are right there.

Has this railroad
always been here?

You're kidding me.

If Adolf Hitler
walks out of that tunnel

and he gets on a train...

where's the next stop?

This season
on "Hunting Hitler"...

Can you see anything, mate?

Gerrard, you're not going
to believe what I just found.

Holy!

If Hitler escaped,
he did not do it by himself.

He used a trusted network.

We know that the Nazis
were in South America,

but this is at a level
that I've never seen before.

If we're going to finally
track Hitler down,

we need to deconstruct
this network piece by piece...

This goes much deeper
than I realized.

...until we get
to the bottom of it.

Three, two, one, drop.

This is everything
we've been working towards.

What we've stumbled upon
is the most powerful weapon

the Nazis had in their arsenal.

We are throwing everything
we can at this case...

Oh, my God. Holy.

...to find out what happened to
Adolf Hitler once and for all.

Adolf Hitler could come here
and know that he was safe.

That's it! That's got to be it.

Put us down right there.

We cannot stop until
we find the truth.

This is the last piece
of the puzzle, right?

This is it right here.

Subtitles Diego Moraes
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