History's Secrets — Season 1, Episode 1: The Hunt for Hitler

Episode synopsis

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin concealed Hitler’s body from the West for decades. The FBI spent years tracking false leads and sightings of Hitler. Only in the 1990s did Russians open archives to reveal a handful of Hitler's teeth and fractured skull pieces.

About History's Secrets

Mysterious events, compelling figures, and great unanswered questions from the past are explored in this National Geographic series.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The Hunt for the Boston Strangler
• E3The Romanovs
• E4The Real Roswell
• E5The Secrets Of J. Edgar Hoover
• E6Where's Amelia Earhart?
• E7Howard Hughes Revealed
• E8The Unabomber: Ted Kaczynski
• E9Secrets of the Moon Landing
• E10CIA Secret Experiments
• E11Secret History of the Atomic Bomb
• E12Vanished from Alcatraz
• E13Secret Life of Charles Lindbergh