Hitlers Munich

Rare glimpses inside Hitler's inner circle. Hitler's Bodyguard tells the fascinating story of jealousy, betrayal and murder and what it was like to protect the biggest villain in history from bombs, snipers, plots, maniacs, poison gas and Allied assassination attempts. This is the detailed story of Hitler's survival from a very new angle. A dramatic and in-depth series analyzes the motives and methodology of the individuals and organizations that planned to kill Hitler.

Over 1000 days, almost a quarter of his rule over Germany, Adolf Hitler spent on Obersalzberg, his Alpine retreat near Berchtesgaden. In the restricted area not far from the border with Austria, which was sealed off by massive security forces, the Fuhrer did not stay alone to relax, it was here that he received those in power from the Third Reich and Europe. In the midst of the picturesque mountains, he decided on war and annihilation. At the end of April 1945, Royal Air Force bombers reduced the facility to rubble and ashes within a few minutes.

For 10 years, Edgar Feuchtwanger lived in a luxury apartment in Munich. Hitler lived across the street. Edgar was Jewish and the nephew of Lion Feuchtwanger, one of the most popular Jewish writers from the period. Edgar left Germany with his parents in 1939, two months before the invasion of Poland and the beginning of WWII. He now tells the story of his family and his country. Through the eyes of a child, we witness the rise of the Nazi movement and how this rise was experienced by a Jewish family.