Why is anyone paying to make this garbage? Why does CNN use Bob Baer as an, “Intelligence and Security Analyst?” It’s so frustrating that I can hardly get my work noticed, while well-funded liars are handed such huge megaphones to profit from disinformation.
Since originally writing this post I have made a YouTube video and written more on the same subject:
I have also made a new video about Bob Baer:
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12 thoughts on “Hunting Hitler”
The show presents good evidence that Hitler did not die in the bunker. I hope they can one day prove Hitker did escape- those dirty Russians found nothing either. It would be cool knowing he got away and had children too!
What utter nonsense! I laid out the facts about why the show is completely false and doesn’t hold up to the mountain of evidence that all real historians agree about; you, like the show, provided nothing but empty rhetoric. The fact that you wish Hitler had children speaks volumes about just how warped and sad your worldview is.
I discovered your blog quite by accident (through the Fair Play for JFK page on FB) and saw this article randomly. I have watched “Hunting Hitler” and was intrigued, but I have to admit that I did not have enough of a base of knowledge to know how honest they were. I had vaguely remembered seeing a documentary that claimed that the remains that survived weren’t actually Hitler’s, but again, without knowledge, it is easy to be fooled. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t really thought too much about doing a lot of research in this area–though I had to be honest, I did not consider that there was a survivor that was tasked with actually burning Hitler’s body…though in hindsight, it should have been obvious.
Thanks for your thoughts, Eric. If this was presented as a sci-fi, alternate world story, that would be one thing, but to present these lies as “history” is very dangerous. I don’t know how else to put it.
You seem angry and offended. I have watched a few episodes and I find this show to present an alternative storyline. Cheesey at times but offers a possible truth, never mentioning that it is history, you mention that, not the show.
Your understanding of the facts is simply a regurgitation of what is already established history…we all know what established history says and most of us believe it, we do not need you to lecture us on the “truth”.
It is intriguing however, to theorize what could have happened, how plausible and under what circumstances it could have happened. Entertainment, as expensive and it may be. I am sure that if you were given the same budget you would have made a show about what happened based on history books and as entertaining as watching paint dry.
Relax, and save your anger for those”flat-earth” believers, now, there is a group of people that deserves to be lectured.
Go back and watch the rest of the episodes, they may be cheesey but they certainly raise questions…and provide little to no answers. One thing is certain, there are/were a lot of nazis in South America during and after WW2.
Intriguing? For sure.
And before you go after me, I do not have a vast knowledge of history, I am a skeptical to the bone and I do agree with you that the production value of the show could be much higher.
So imagine that they had a disclaimer at the beginning of each show that said it was only an alternative version of the established facts and open your mind, let it wonder a little, it feels great.
I find it very offensive that men like Bob Baer are willing to corrupt the general public’s understanding of our history and lie about important matters, like the assassination of President Kennedy, 9-11, and the Holocaust, all in the service of making themselves money and getting attention. I am also saddened by the fact that men like you, Fernando, do not take offense to this and chose instead to play mental gymnastics around the truth.
In your effort to cast me as the intolerant bad guy in your story, you say 1) That the show makes no claim to be history, but 2) It somehow manages to offer, “a possible truth,” about history. That’s like saying, “I make no claim that I can cure cancer but the cancer stops after I treat it.” Now, let’s consider how the History Channel presents the show on their website:
“According to documents that were declassified by the FBI in 2014, Adolf Hitler may have survived World War II and fled to South America following the fall of Nazi Germany. In this series a team of investigators — led by 21-year CIA veteran Bob Baer and war crimes investigator John Cencich — undertakes a definitive search with the goal of finding out whether the notorious dictator actually survived the war and pulled off one of history’s greatest disappearing acts. The team uncovers a mysterious Nazi lair in the Argentinean jungle and searches for evidence of a missing U-boat that may have transported Hitler out of Europe as Germany collapsed.”
This isn’t being sold as an, “alternative story” – like Wonder Woman fighting in World War I or Nixon being President for four terms in Watchmen – these are bold and forceful claims that our current understanding of history is wrong, based on a selective reading of FBI files and the alleged discoveries that these alleged experts have made. The “History” Channel (Yes, the name is important) is selling this as history show! It is not a label that I unfair placed on the show.
As I explained, on point after point, the show is simply wrong and cannot even follow its own internal “logic” (e.g. Hitler could not have been inspired by Hanna Reitsch’s flight out on Berlin on April 26 to make his own fly out on April 21). My argument isn’t, “simply a regurgitation of what is already established history,” it is a chronicle of unbelievable nonsense and downright lies that should be rejected by everyone.
If you want to believe, despite the evidence, that the show is, “possible,” then I can do nothing to stop you, but please don’t lecture me on how I need to be open minded. What next? We should consider the “possibility” that Hitler didn’t order the annihilation of the Jews in Europe or that no such annihilation ever occurred? This is where historical “open mindedness” has led many people before you who only thought of themselves as “skeptical” and willing to “imagine” that the most substantial facts we know about history are wrong.
BTW, why don’t you watch the 45 minute documentary I made about the Nazi’s in graduate school, You don’t know Hitler (2006) https://youtu.be/7P73DZyS4Dg. Granted, it was a one man production with no budget but I honestly don’t think you will find it as dull as watching paint dry (and I’m sure you’ll telling me in unflattering terms if you do).
i think tha a world without offering an alternative aspect angle call it what u will to especially life changing historical events would be like just going around taking everyones word for it , which you seem have reduced your self to tunnel vision I am too young to have been around those days to see or know of with my own eyes , an too be honest from most wat history has taught us books the western world such as , new world discoveries in travel , the recordings and notes taken of cultures an diff civilizations from past , the treatment of certain nations like the indian native tribes of Americas or the aborigines of Australia are you saying the accounts and beliefs we were led to believe hold say few decades back still remain true?
of course they don’t so why are you so angered upset at looking at this event in such a warped single track minded way maybe you know a truth of your own and this interfers with it
911 was a inside job an u know wat hadn’t I been of age I would neva have seen it with my own eyes that is something I can tell you for certain so like huntint hitler unless u hiding a time machine an you were there yourself u shud take few steps back an keep your narrow minded views to yourself
I do not mean to be offensive but it looks like English is not your first language and I fear you probably did not understand all the arguments I made in this post, nor will you understand everything I have to say here, but I will try to make myself clear.
Like others before you, who have attacked me as “narrow” or “close minded” for daring to lay out the facts and tell the truth about history, you make no effort to consider any of the points I have made. Instead, you simply get mad at me for telling you that the fairytales you believe in are not true.
You admit that you are young and do not know much about history, yet you are sure that 9-11 was an inside job and that Hunting Hitler might be reasonable, despite all the evidence to the contrary. I do hope that you will stop falling for conspiracy theories as you grow older and learn more. Please take a look at my writings on the subject (start here: https://jamesklambertblog.wordpress.com/writings/) and my documentary, Conspiracy Theorists Lie (2015) http://nomagicbullets.org. If you truly are open minded I am confident that you will learn from these things.
As for the argument that you made about Native Americans and how history isn’t always right, allow me to be brutally honest and tell you that this is very simplistic misguided reasoning. It is true that historians, and regular people, have viewed European settlement of the Americas differently over time but every single history book, film, TV show, etc. on the subject does agree on some basic facts. First and foremost, the Native Americans occupied this land before the Europeans arrives. Whatever else you believe, this is a solid fact. Now imagine if someone came along and made a TV show claiming that the Natives did not live here before the Europeans came. That would be a clear lie and utter nonsense. It would not be “open minded” to consider what these liars had to say; it would be a waste of time that could only serve to corrupt your understanding of history. But that is the equivalent of what the Hunting Hitler program is doing. It is lying to you about historical facts that NO reasonable historian disputes and there is nothing “narrow minded” about me pointing this out.
Again, I hope you will make an honest effort to learn some actual history and stop falling for nonsense. Please check out my work if you care about the past and wish to learn from it.
I watch Hunting Hitler to see how far these people will go to prove their argument. I am on a Facebook forum Hunting Hitler which you may want to join. It is unbelievable what people will believe, without a single piece of evidence, no documents, pictures, no credible witnesses, yet they believe. I’ve gone at it with Gerrard WIlliams (Grey Wolf author) on the forum, I think he is delusional. The story of Hitlers escape is ridiculous, zero evidence, but some people want to believe it. People on the site are actually begging for the next season to begin, which it looks like they are going to have a season 3. As if they are ever going to be able to prove Hitler and they also say Borman escaped and lived out there lives in So. America. If such proof existed it would made news by now!
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Thank you for your thoughts, Tom. I use to spend time (too much time) on Facebook groups and Twitter talking about the assassination of President Kennedy and it was like banging my head up against a wall of willful ignorance. The conspiracy faithful want to believe what they want to believe and truth, facts, and reason are not about to get in their way. Still, I have my film, Conspiracy Theorists Lie (2015) and I continue to post some things here, for those who are willing to listen, but I mostly avoid social media “debates.” If you are enjoying them, why not post about my Hunting Hitler piece in that Facebook group? Maybe it will help someone wake up to reality.
I watched the complete series (both seasons) and found it really exciting. Because it had been quite some time that I read about Hitler’s final days and the series had made me doubt if what was claimed could be true, I needed to clarify this for myself by checking historical sources.
As you claim in your blog post, there is no doubt whatsoever that Hitler died in the Bunker in Berlin. Next, to all the eyewitness accounts you already mentioned, there is more evidence like Hitler’s signed Will and Political Testament, signed by the Führer himself on April the 29th at 4:00, that is co-signed -as witnesses- by Bormann, Krebs, Goebbels, and Burgdorf. At least three copies were made, to get Hitler’s last words/propaganda out as well as the Nazi government that should rule after his death. You were also right about Hitler’s mindset: in his Will and Testament (page 4) he stated that he did not want to leave Berlin ” ….I can’t leave the city that is the capital of this Reich.” On the same page: “..I have decided to stay in Berlin and to choose death in the moment when I believe I can no longer hold the position of Führer and Reichskanzler”. (I have translated this from the original German document) There are more quotes to show that Hitler knows that he has been defeated and no sign at all that he sees any other option than to die in the Bunker in his beloved Berlin.
So unless Hitler’s physical body turns up in South America and his DNA can be verified, the truth is that there is overwhelming evidence that he died as reported on the 30th of April 1945 in Berlin, Germany.
As said, I enjoyed the series nevertheless because the idea that Hitler has fled and tried somehow to influence the world from elsewhere is as exciting as it is terrible.
1. Since it is on the History channel a lot of people simply will believe whatever they see (because History channel suggests authority/reliability) or make up their own truth based upon the bits and pieces that are connected in the series;
2. The series doesn’t balance their findings and leads with the information that we currently see as facts. As investigator’s they should show that it would be a fascinating possibility that Hitler could have fled, but that there are so much more reliable resources that state otherwise that the Hypothesis of Hitler escaping from the Bunker should be rejected.
Maybe the big underlying problem of all of this is that most people believe what they see/hear and have an opinion on things before they know the facts (One of the reasons the NSDAP came to power in the first place). Why not talk to people yourself, look for reliable sources and information from both pro’s- and con’s and only then form an opinion, but still keep an open mind?
I hope there will be a season 3 of the series and I am definitely going to watch it to see where all the investigations will lead, if anywhere at all.
Thank you for your thoughts on my post, Patrick. I still find Hunting Hitler to be very disturbing – little better than denying the Holocaust – and I do hope that the so-called History Channel will stop producing conspiracy crap like this. Unfortunately, there is clearly a market for wild speculation and straight up lies, which is the only thing that seems to matter to them.
Why is anyone paying to make this garbage? Why does CNN use Bob Baer as an, “Intelligence and Security Analyst?” It’s so frustrating that I can hardly get my work noticed, while well-funded liars are handed such huge megaphones to profit from disinformation.
Since originally writing this post I have made a YouTube video and written more on the same subject:
I have also made a new video about Bob Baer:
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12 thoughts on “Hunting Hitler”
The show presents good evidence that Hitler did not die in the bunker. I hope they can one day prove Hitker did escape- those dirty Russians found nothing either. It would be cool knowing he got away and had children too!
What utter nonsense! I laid out the facts about why the show is completely false and doesn’t hold up to the mountain of evidence that all real historians agree about; you, like the show, provided nothing but empty rhetoric. The fact that you wish Hitler had children speaks volumes about just how warped and sad your worldview is.
I discovered your blog quite by accident (through the Fair Play for JFK page on FB) and saw this article randomly. I have watched “Hunting Hitler” and was intrigued, but I have to admit that I did not have enough of a base of knowledge to know how honest they were. I had vaguely remembered seeing a documentary that claimed that the remains that survived weren’t actually Hitler’s, but again, without knowledge, it is easy to be fooled. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t really thought too much about doing a lot of research in this area–though I had to be honest, I did not consider that there was a survivor that was tasked with actually burning Hitler’s body…though in hindsight, it should have been obvious.
Thanks for your thoughts, Eric. If this was presented as a sci-fi, alternate world story, that would be one thing, but to present these lies as “history” is very dangerous. I don’t know how else to put it.
You seem angry and offended. I have watched a few episodes and I find this show to present an alternative storyline. Cheesey at times but offers a possible truth, never mentioning that it is history, you mention that, not the show.
Your understanding of the facts is simply a regurgitation of what is already established history…we all know what established history says and most of us believe it, we do not need you to lecture us on the “truth”.
It is intriguing however, to theorize what could have happened, how plausible and under what circumstances it could have happened. Entertainment, as expensive and it may be. I am sure that if you were given the same budget you would have made a show about what happened based on history books and as entertaining as watching paint dry.
Relax, and save your anger for those”flat-earth” believers, now, there is a group of people that deserves to be lectured.
Go back and watch the rest of the episodes, they may be cheesey but they certainly raise questions…and provide little to no answers. One thing is certain, there are/were a lot of nazis in South America during and after WW2.
Intriguing? For sure.
And before you go after me, I do not have a vast knowledge of history, I am a skeptical to the bone and I do agree with you that the production value of the show could be much higher.
So imagine that they had a disclaimer at the beginning of each show that said it was only an alternative version of the established facts and open your mind, let it wonder a little, it feels great.
I find it very offensive that men like Bob Baer are willing to corrupt the general public’s understanding of our history and lie about important matters, like the assassination of President Kennedy, 9-11, and the Holocaust, all in the service of making themselves money and getting attention. I am also saddened by the fact that men like you, Fernando, do not take offense to this and chose instead to play mental gymnastics around the truth.
In your effort to cast me as the intolerant bad guy in your story, you say 1) That the show makes no claim to be history, but 2) It somehow manages to offer, “a possible truth,” about history. That’s like saying, “I make no claim that I can cure cancer but the cancer stops after I treat it.” Now, let’s consider how the History Channel presents the show on their website:
“According to documents that were declassified by the FBI in 2014, Adolf Hitler may have survived World War II and fled to South America following the fall of Nazi Germany. In this series a team of investigators — led by 21-year CIA veteran Bob Baer and war crimes investigator John Cencich — undertakes a definitive search with the goal of finding out whether the notorious dictator actually survived the war and pulled off one of history’s greatest disappearing acts. The team uncovers a mysterious Nazi lair in the Argentinean jungle and searches for evidence of a missing U-boat that may have transported Hitler out of Europe as Germany collapsed.”
This isn’t being sold as an, “alternative story” – like Wonder Woman fighting in World War I or Nixon being President for four terms in Watchmen – these are bold and forceful claims that our current understanding of history is wrong, based on a selective reading of FBI files and the alleged discoveries that these alleged experts have made. The “History” Channel (Yes, the name is important) is selling this as history show! It is not a label that I unfair placed on the show.
As I explained, on point after point, the show is simply wrong and cannot even follow its own internal “logic” (e.g. Hitler could not have been inspired by Hanna Reitsch’s flight out on Berlin on April 26 to make his own fly out on April 21). My argument isn’t, “simply a regurgitation of what is already established history,” it is a chronicle of unbelievable nonsense and downright lies that should be rejected by everyone.
If you want to believe, despite the evidence, that the show is, “possible,” then I can do nothing to stop you, but please don’t lecture me on how I need to be open minded. What next? We should consider the “possibility” that Hitler didn’t order the annihilation of the Jews in Europe or that no such annihilation ever occurred? This is where historical “open mindedness” has led many people before you who only thought of themselves as “skeptical” and willing to “imagine” that the most substantial facts we know about history are wrong.
BTW, why don’t you watch the 45 minute documentary I made about the Nazi’s in graduate school, You don’t know Hitler (2006) https://youtu.be/7P73DZyS4Dg. Granted, it was a one man production with no budget but I honestly don’t think you will find it as dull as watching paint dry (and I’m sure you’ll telling me in unflattering terms if you do).
i think tha a world without offering an alternative aspect angle call it what u will to especially life changing historical events would be like just going around taking everyones word for it , which you seem have reduced your self to tunnel vision I am too young to have been around those days to see or know of with my own eyes , an too be honest from most wat history has taught us books the western world such as , new world discoveries in travel , the recordings and notes taken of cultures an diff civilizations from past ,
 the treatment of certain nations like the indian native tribes of Americas or the aborigines of Australia are you saying the accounts and beliefs we were led to believe hold say few decades back still remain true?
of course they don’t so why are you so angered upset at looking at this event in such a warped single track minded way maybe you know a truth of your own and this interfers with it
911 was a inside job an u know wat hadn’t I been of age I would neva have seen it with my own eyes that is something I can tell you for certain so like huntint hitler unless u hiding a time machine an you were there yourself u shud take few steps back an keep your narrow minded views to yourself
I do not mean to be offensive but it looks like English is not your first language and I fear you probably did not understand all the arguments I made in this post, nor will you understand everything I have to say here, but I will try to make myself clear.
Like others before you, who have attacked me as “narrow” or “close minded” for daring to lay out the facts and tell the truth about history, you make no effort to consider any of the points I have made. Instead, you simply get mad at me for telling you that the fairytales you believe in are not true.
You admit that you are young and do not know much about history, yet you are sure that 9-11 was an inside job and that Hunting Hitler might be reasonable, despite all the evidence to the contrary. I do hope that you will stop falling for conspiracy theories as you grow older and learn more. Please take a look at my writings on the subject (start here: https://jamesklambertblog.wordpress.com/writings/) and my documentary, Conspiracy Theorists Lie (2015) http://nomagicbullets.org. If you truly are open minded I am confident that you will learn from these things.
As for the argument that you made about Native Americans and how history isn’t always right, allow me to be brutally honest and tell you that this is very simplistic misguided reasoning. It is true that historians, and regular people, have viewed European settlement of the Americas differently over time but every single history book, film, TV show, etc. on the subject does agree on some basic facts. First and foremost, the Native Americans occupied this land before the Europeans arrives. Whatever else you believe, this is a solid fact. Now imagine if someone came along and made a TV show claiming that the Natives did not live here before the Europeans came. That would be a clear lie and utter nonsense. It would not be “open minded” to consider what these liars had to say; it would be a waste of time that could only serve to corrupt your understanding of history. But that is the equivalent of what the Hunting Hitler program is doing. It is lying to you about historical facts that NO reasonable historian disputes and there is nothing “narrow minded” about me pointing this out.
Again, I hope you will make an honest effort to learn some actual history and stop falling for nonsense. Please check out my work if you care about the past and wish to learn from it.
I watch Hunting Hitler to see how far these people will go to prove their argument. I am on a Facebook forum Hunting Hitler which you may want to join. It is unbelievable what people will believe, without a single piece of evidence, no documents, pictures, no credible witnesses, yet they believe. I’ve gone at it with Gerrard WIlliams (Grey Wolf author) on the forum, I think he is delusional. The story of Hitlers escape is ridiculous, zero evidence, but some people want to believe it. People on the site are actually begging for the next season to begin, which it looks like they are going to have a season 3. As if they are ever going to be able to prove Hitler and they also say Borman escaped and lived out there lives in So. America. If such proof existed it would made news by now!
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Thank you for your thoughts, Tom. I use to spend time (too much time) on Facebook groups and Twitter talking about the assassination of President Kennedy and it was like banging my head up against a wall of willful ignorance. The conspiracy faithful want to believe what they want to believe and truth, facts, and reason are not about to get in their way. Still, I have my film, Conspiracy Theorists Lie (2015) and I continue to post some things here, for those who are willing to listen, but I mostly avoid social media “debates.” If you are enjoying them, why not post about my Hunting Hitler piece in that Facebook group? Maybe it will help someone wake up to reality.
I watched the complete series (both seasons) and found it really exciting. Because it had been quite some time that I read about Hitler’s final days and the series had made me doubt if what was claimed could be true, I needed to clarify this for myself by checking historical sources.
As you claim in your blog post, there is no doubt whatsoever that Hitler died in the Bunker in Berlin. Next, to all the eyewitness accounts you already mentioned, there is more evidence like Hitler’s signed Will and Political Testament, signed by the Führer himself on April the 29th at 4:00, that is co-signed -as witnesses- by Bormann, Krebs, Goebbels, and Burgdorf. At least three copies were made, to get Hitler’s last words/propaganda out as well as the Nazi government that should rule after his death. You were also right about Hitler’s mindset: in his Will and Testament (page 4) he stated that he did not want to leave Berlin ” ….I can’t leave the city that is the capital of this Reich.” On the same page: “..I have decided to stay in Berlin and to choose death in the moment when I believe I can no longer hold the position of Führer and Reichskanzler”. (I have translated this from the original German document) There are more quotes to show that Hitler knows that he has been defeated and no sign at all that he sees any other option than to die in the Bunker in his beloved Berlin.
So unless Hitler’s physical body turns up in South America and his DNA can be verified, the truth is that there is overwhelming evidence that he died as reported on the 30th of April 1945 in Berlin, Germany.
As said, I enjoyed the series nevertheless because the idea that Hitler has fled and tried somehow to influence the world from elsewhere is as exciting as it is terrible.
1. Since it is on the History channel a lot of people simply will believe whatever they see (because History channel suggests authority/reliability) or make up their own truth based upon the bits and pieces that are connected in the series;
2. The series doesn’t balance their findings and leads with the information that we currently see as facts. As investigator’s they should show that it would be a fascinating possibility that Hitler could have fled, but that there are so much more reliable resources that state otherwise that the Hypothesis of Hitler escaping from the Bunker should be rejected.
Maybe the big underlying problem of all of this is that most people believe what they see/hear and have an opinion on things before they know the facts (One of the reasons the NSDAP came to power in the first place). Why not talk to people yourself, look for reliable sources and information from both pro’s- and con’s and only then form an opinion, but still keep an open mind?
I hope there will be a season 3 of the series and I am definitely going to watch it to see where all the investigations will lead, if anywhere at all.
Thank you for your thoughts on my post, Patrick. I still find Hunting Hitler to be very disturbing – little better than denying the Holocaust – and I do hope that the so-called History Channel will stop producing conspiracy crap like this. Unfortunately, there is clearly a market for wild speculation and straight up lies, which is the only thing that seems to matter to them.