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Fritz Bauer: Nazi Hunter

History's HeroesHistory's Secret Heroes - Series 4
Episode 10 of 11

A prosecutor attempts to bring one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals to justice. But first he needs to find him.

A German Jewish prosecutor called Fritz Bauer is on a mission to bring a notorious Nazi war criminal to justice. Adolf Eichman, one of the architects of the Holocaust, has fled Germany, his whereabouts unknown. How did Bauer find him?

With historian Jack Fairweather and Fritz Bauer’s great niece, Marit Tiefenthal.

Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Producer: Lorna Reader
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
Written by Alex von Tunzelmann
Commissioning editor for Radio 4: Rhian Roberts

28 minutes

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Tue 27 Oct 202615:00
BBC Radio 4

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