With its programming history stretching from 2007 to 2024, ZDFinfo offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Among ZDFinfo’s finest offerings are Final Days of an Icon and Ich kann Kanzler, which debuted in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Our curated list, current as of May 2026, showcases over 20 of ZDFinfo’s highest-rated series.






Adolf Hitler pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. The Führer may have believed he was Jewish. Rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the Nazi regime.

Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

Explores the Third Reich from a contemporary perspective to investigate how the Nazis managed to conquer Germany and then half of Europe in the wake of World War I.

Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we have not finished accounting for the destruction of Europe's Jewish population. One question remains today: not why, but how was the Shoah possible?









Historic places, forgotten, threatened and threatening at the same time. Made of steel, poured in concrete or blasted out of a mountain, yesterday's monuments from the great eras of history come alive again.

