As shown on TV, Nazi Collaborators explores the fascinating and often shocking tales of how individuals from all walks of life: the privileged; the political elite; ordinary working men; turned against their nations and races to fight alongside the Nazis during World War 2. Many did it for financial gain, others for the promise of elevated status. Some believed that siding with imperialist Germans offered the best chance of survival for their people, whilst others later claim they would be killed if they refused.
Traitor-in-Chief
Nov 22, 2010
Profiling French Prime Minister Pierre Laval who helped the Nazi's after England sunk and killed 1,300 french sailors and was later found guilty of treason and hung.
Hitler's Inside Man
Oct 18, 2011
Chaim Mordechaj Rumkowski, a Polish Jew who helped the Nazis, is profiled.
The Arajs Kommando
Jan 1, 2011
AKA Hitler's Executioner. The crimes of Viktor Arajs, leader of the Arajs Kommando unit, is profiled.
The Belgian Collaborator
Jan 1, 2011
AKA Hitler or Death. The Belgian collaborator Léon Degrelle is profiled.
The Croatian Collaborator
Nov 15, 2011
Profiles Dinko Sakic, the so-called "Beast of the Balkans", and the history behind the Jasenovac concentration camp (Jasenovac, Croatia), which, under Sakic's command, became known for brutality that shocked even visiting Nazi officials.
Vidkun Quisling
Nov 22, 2011
Failed politician Vidkun Quisling cuts a secret deal with the Nazis that he hopes will catapult him to power, only to find himself leader of Norway in name only after Germany invades the country in 1940.
The IRA Conspiracy
Oct 25, 2011
How the IRA collaborated with the Nazis is examined, which profiles individuals and organizations that knowingly or unwittingly aided the Third Reich.
The Grand Mufti
Nov 29, 2011
AKA Good or Evil. Profiling Mohammad Amin Al-Husayni, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who enticed Bosnian Muslims to serve in the Waffen-SS.
The Jews Who Fought for Hitler
Oct 25, 2011
The 1935 Nuremburg Laws, the final solution, and soldiers who are Jewish that were allowed to fight for Germany are discussed.
The Dutch Collaborator
Jan 1, 2011
Failed politician Anton Mussert's lust for power leads him to make a pact with the Nazis, going even so far as swearing his allegiance personally to Adolf Hitler. But Hilter turns the tables on Mussert, costing the Dutch people dearly.
The Devil's Due
Jan 4, 2011
AKA The Devil's Due. Greeks who helped the Nazis.
The Good Collaborators?
Jan 8, 2011
This episode explores the Finnish collaborators, and dispels with the myth that they were the "good collaborators" who were not involved in many war crimes. The Finns negotiated an alliance with one of the most evil regimes the world has ever seen, Nazi Germany, in order to fight the common enemy, communist Russia, but the alliance went far beyond the mere cobelligerency to full scale collaboration. The episode details war crimes committed by the Waffen SS Finish soldiers, and explores the depth of the Finish denial.
Hitler's Killer Police
Jan 11, 2011
Details of collaborators in Ukraine and Lithuania are examined.
