The Manhunt 2

this evening (wednesday 19th), 9.00-10.00pm (repeated 2.35am, and repeated from september 2023 on bbc 2 tv), on bbc 4 tv

the ratline (2nd of 3 weekly episodes of the manhunt, comprising episodes 10 11 and 12 of rise of the nazis) (narrated by kate fleetwood)

“The most senior-ranking Nazis have been executed or imprisoned following the international trial at Nuremberg, but many of the worst criminals are still at large.

As the American zone’s CIC shifts its attention to containing communism, it takes its eyes off wanted Nazis like Klaus Barbie – before making him an extraordinary offer to work as a US agent, hunting communists in return for his freedom.”

including contributions from …

• historian christian goeschel 

• writer lindsay moran

• professor gerald steinacher 

• ronen steinke, author, fritz bauer: the jewish prosecutor who brought eichmann and auschwitz to trial 

• avner avraham, former mossad agent 

(if you miss it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0gc9bk5/rise-of-the-nazis-the-manhunt-2-the-ratline)