Secrets of the Third Reich - Season 2

First aired: 2/1/2014 4 episodes
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Episodes

1. Patient Hitler

Aired: 2/1/2014

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

Aired: 2/2/2014

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

Aired: 2/3/2014

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

Aired: 2/4/2014

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.