The Manhunt 3

this evening (wednesday 19th), 9.00-10.00pm (repeated 2.15am, and repeated from october 2023 on bbc 2 tv), on bbc 4 tv

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

“In the late 1960s, West Germany is a prosperous democracy. Kurt Kiesinger is the chancellor.

But a young German woman, Beate Klarsfeld, knows that Kiesinger is a former Nazi, and she decides to tell the world by publicly slapping him in the face as he is about to make a speech at his party’s annual conference.

Beate is one of a handful of people who more than two decades after the war are determined to bring Nazis to justice for the murder of millions.

Many Nazi criminals remain at large, including the notorious Auschwitz camp physician, Josef Mengele.”

including contributions from …

• journalist gerald posner, author, mengele: the complete story

• author melanie levensohn 

• professor gerald steinacher, author, nazis on the run 

• historian heike gortemaker 

(if you miss it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0gc9djn/rise-of-the-nazis-the-manhunt-3-the-reckoning)