ZDFE Readies New WWII Doc

ZDF Enterprises’ new documentary The Secret Underworlds of the SS—Hans Kammler’s Shadow Empire has brought to light documents that reveal clues to the whereabouts of the titular Nazi leader.

The documentary, with commentary by renowned historians and other experts on the new sources, will be launched at the end of the year. Andreas Sulzer and Stefan Brauburger are the authors of the Pro Omnia Film Production, which is distributed globally by ZDF Enterprises.

Hitler’s chief of secret weapons was one of the leading figures in the Nazi hierarchy in the final months of World War II. Kammler not only organized the construction of so-called “Miracle Weapons” underground but was also responsible for securing modern technologies, files, documents and Nazi-looted property in secret tunnels. He also had a significant influence on the establishment of concentration and extermination camps, as well as the systematic work of concentration camp inmates, which claimed tens of thousands of victims.

Kammler was declared dead in 1948 by a German court. But recent documentary evidence and other sources question the official version of the story. They suggest that the SS General survived the war and was brought to America because of his knowledge of the secret German armaments projects and to prevent him from falling into Soviet hands.

Further documents prove the far-reaching responsibilities of the SS General in secret projects: missiles, nuclear energy and jet planes. He also supervised a network of major defense sites and research facilities.

There are also indications of an underground concentration camp where thousands of prisoners were quartered under the worst conditions. Heinrich Himmler commanded that the witnesses to the secret armament facility should not survive.