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'Hunting Hitler' Mistakenly Reveals Identity of Anonymous Source (Nazi War Criminal Grandson)
New York Daily News ^

Posted on 02/27/2018 9:49:00 PM PST by nickcarraway

The grandson of a Nazi war criminal who appeared on the History channel on the condition of anonymity was in for an unpleasant surprise on Tuesday when his face was left uncensored for several seconds.

The man, described as an “anonymous informant,” met with the hosts of the show Hunting Hitler, and showed them what he claimed were microfilm copies of the Fuherer’s last will and testament.

While the man’s face was pixelated for most of his appearance in the show's Season 3 finale, one shot clearly revealed his identity in what appears to be an editing error.

Viewers were quick to point out the mistake and took to social media to share screenshots of the man’s face.

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Autobox @GoldenChild_15 @HISTORY Y’all Messed up #huntinghitler

7:42 PM - Feb 20, 2018 42 17 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy “@History so much for protecting the identity of the Nazi informant. Curious to see out this pans out legally #oops #HuntingHitler,” James Agne wrote on Twitter.

“Anyone else watching #HuntingHitler notice that they failed to pixelate the confidential informant's face at 37 minutes?? @HISTORY,” Twitter user @RonnieGee463 wrote.

Another Twitter user @houstonbombera wrote, “Holy crap, @history! The guy who is on your show #HuntingHitler who wants to be incognito, I just CLEARLY SAW HIS FACE! I HOPE HE DOESN'T GET INJURED OR KILLED!”


TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: documentaries; hdnr; hitler; warcriminals
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It must be aliens?

1 posted on 02/27/2018 9:49:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 02/27/2018 9:49:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
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martin bormann’s grandson? He looks like him


3 posted on 02/27/2018 9:53:03 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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Lesson learned - NEVER trust US media.


4 posted on 02/27/2018 9:54:37 PM PST by PGR88
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Yep. Vipers all.


5 posted on 02/27/2018 9:56:12 PM PST by ZULU (Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - WC)
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To: nickcarraway

It has been an interesting series.


6 posted on 02/27/2018 9:58:48 PM PST by fireman15
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Is this source claiming he has the original copy of the last Will and Testament?

We already have the full text, and have had it since at least the 1950s.

I don't know if we have the original copy or not.

7 posted on 02/27/2018 10:04:47 PM PST by zeestephen
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He’s the grandson, two generations removed and is not culpable for the war crimes. Are they expecting revenge?


8 posted on 02/27/2018 10:16:21 PM PST by madison10 (Pray for President Trump.)
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Re: “Martin Bormann’s grandson? He looks like him.”

That's an interesting guess.

Bormann had ten children with his wife, plus mistresses who may have carried other children.

And, yes, there is a facial resemblance.

9 posted on 02/27/2018 10:18:16 PM PST by zeestephen
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And Bormann was executor of Hitler's will. I just looked it up on Wikipedia [last will and testament of Adolf Hitler] Apparently 3 different couriers had copies when they left the bunker. I was thinking Bormann was the only one carrying those papers...I guess not.
10 posted on 02/27/2018 10:23:39 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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Not a mistake.

This show was not done live.

Anything you see is deliberate.

11 posted on 02/27/2018 10:23:47 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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I wonder what Jewish households those paintings were stolen from.


12 posted on 02/27/2018 10:33:13 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Another good series is "Hitler's circle of evil" 10 episodes on Netflix.


13 posted on 02/27/2018 10:34:23 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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"martin bormann’s grandson? He looks like him"

He sure as hell does!

14 posted on 02/27/2018 10:35:36 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: PGR88
Lesson learned - NEVER trust US media.

Even they are not evil, they are certainly incompetent!

15 posted on 02/27/2018 11:05:51 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Progressives don't care about quality. Progressives only care about appearances.)
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That pixel looks like Hitler’s mustache.


16 posted on 02/28/2018 12:28:41 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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It’s creating buzz and getting articles and viewers.


17 posted on 02/28/2018 12:29:53 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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>>Lesson learned - NEVER trust US media.

Off the record?


18 posted on 02/28/2018 12:32:01 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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bkmk


19 posted on 02/28/2018 12:41:01 AM PST by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Electric Graffiti

The will was deemed to be the original because it was on microfilm. It was/is an interesting series using modern tracking methods based upon tracking peripheral characters that were known Hitler associates. I’ve always wondered how someone like him that was so vainglorius would give up and commit suicide before being captured by the Soviets. It is far more likely that his death was staged and he escaped to South America where contingency plans facilitated his escape and re-establishment. The show used modern computer searches of recently declassified CIA/FBI files to provide clues and was well done. But,as with all of these shows, little real evidence was confirmed that he actually did live out his days in Paraguay.


20 posted on 02/28/2018 12:43:53 AM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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