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Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Adolf Hitler as the intended victim.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 2
- Episode: 05: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2004
- History
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