Dictator: The Hitler Interviews

S01E01 Ever since Adolf Hitler’s death in a Berlin bunker 80 years ago, the search has been on to find out the truth about the man behind the worst crimes in history. Everyone who ever met or knew Hitler has been tracked down interviewed and interrogated. Locked in archives across Europe, Russia, America and beyond are thousands of hours of recorded interviews with Hitler’s closest friends, associates, and enablers. Some of these interviews have never been broadcast, many unheard for generations. Now, for the first time on television, we bring these testimonies together to create a unique portrait of Adolf Hitler, casting new light on who he was and how he wielded his power. This is Hitler as never seen before - not a man incapable of human relationships but one whose very success depended on the support and loyalty of a close circle of intimate friends. Many of Hitler’s friends were Nazis. Some convicted war crimes. Few can be trusted. But if we see Adolf Hitler through their eyes we discover who he was and what made him possible.