WE BUGGED HITLER’S PHONE

SBS, 5.35pm

In 1942, receiving reliable intelligence was critical for the

Allies in their fight against Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. One of the most spectacular breaches of Nazi security was led by telecommunications engineer Robert Keller. This special goes inside the work of Keller, charting the father of four’s work to wiretap prominent Nazis, including the Führer himself, risking imprisonment, torture and death in the name of the Resistance. With state secrets passing down the vast stretches of underground telephone cable between Paris and Berlin every day, Keller worked with a team of three to listen in, record what they heard and report to French and British intelligence.