Introduction

Hitler’s Henchmen (German: Hitler’s Helfer) is a biography, war documentary hosted by David Ritchie, published by SBS in 1996 and 1998.

Outline

Himmler, the enforcer with his SS brigades was the most powerful of all Hitler’s aides as well as being the most ruthless.

His brave new world consisted of concentration and death camps, security services and the Gestapo. No-one more typified the terror of the Holocaust than Himmler.

Heinrich Himmler’s skill was in being unprepossessing. He knew how to exploit the advantage he gained from being long underestimated by Hitler’s other aides. No one would ever have suspected that of all people he would become the most powerful man in the Third Reich after Hitler. Utilising newly discovered archive material, original sound recordings and exclusive eyewitness testimonies, a picture is built up of an unassuming but single-minded enforcer – of perhaps the most willing, but undoubtedly also the most terrible of Hitler’s aides.

Hitler’s Henchmen Series

You can find a full index and overview of Hitler’s Henchmen here.

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 1996.
• Running Time: 54 minutes.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Country: Australia.
• Language: English.

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