By 1944, as the Reich was crumbling, Hitler gave detailed orders for the destruction of Paris. He wanted the monuments and all the bridges mined and the city reduced to a “pile of rubble”.
General von Choltitz, the las Nazi commander in charge of Paris, famously claimed he saved the City of Light.
But what really happened? We investigate.
He was one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals, infamous for his deadly experiments on twins. But at the end of WWII, he simply disappeared. Why was he never caught?
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