Through Hell For Hitler | Timewatch

Duration: 49'03''

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Dramatized documentary following the life of Nazi soldier Henry Metelmann. As a soldier fighting in Kursk and Stalingrad, he eventually became disillusioned. Today, he works as a groundsman at Charterhouse School.

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