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Hitler's Bodyguard (2010)

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Original title
Hitler's bodyguard
Genre
documentary television program
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells the story of the men who protected Adolf Hitler. It covers the many plots against Hitler's life and contrasts his large security detail with Winston Churchill's smaller one.

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What happens

Hitler's Bodyguard (2008–09) is a 13-episode British television documentary series chronicling Adolf Hitler's loyal bodyguard personnel who guarded him throughout his career. The series contains reenactments and first-person accounts of the multiple assassination attempts Hitler faced. The series was created by the producers of Churchill's Bodyguard. The series notes that Hitler required a large number of bodyguards compared to Winston Churchill who only had few. The show was added to Netflix in Australia and New Zealand on 28 February 2017. It is also on Amazon Prime Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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