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AttheendofWWIItheAlliesdeclaredtheNazipartyacriminalorganization,andpledgedtoprosecuteandpunishthearchitectsandtriggermenofgenocide.Itwasanambitiouspledge:severalhundredthousandGestapo,SS,andWehrmachtforceshadengagedinwarcrimesandatrocitiesagainstcivilians.ButonlyafewthousandNazicriminalsandcollaboratorswereconvictedattheNurembergtrials.Thispaledwiththelegionswhoevadedprosecutionbyconcealingtheirwarrecords,assumingfalseidentities,fleeingEurope,orservingAlliedgovernmentsasspiesorscientists.Intheabsenceofaninternationalmanhuntandcentralizedprosecution,thetaskofbringingNazicriminalstojusticewasundertakenbyahandfulofindividuals-actingwithoutofficialstatusorgovernmentsupport.Theseso-calledNazihunterscollectivelyidentifiedandbroughttojusticethousandsofNazicriminals.Intheprocess,theNazihuntersgaveameasureofdignitytothedeadandremindedtheinternationalcommunitythatenemiesofhumanitymustbepunished--ifhumanityistosurvive.NarratedbyCandiceBergen,thisisanunprecedentedexaminationofthesix-decadeglobalhuntforthe20thcentury'sgreatestcriminals.FeaturingintimateportraitsoftheNazihunters,thefilmalsoexaminesthenationsandinstitutionsthathelpedbringwarcriminalstojustice-or,intoomanycases,helpedthemtoescape.Thisprogramcontainsmaterialthatmaynotbeappropriateforallviewers.Viewerdiscretionisadvised.
