Interrogator: The Story of Hanns-Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe

The story of Hanns Scharff, Nazi Germany's master interrogator who questioned American POWs with subtle, startlingly effective tactics.

During World War II, German Intelligence Officer Hanns Scharff gained the reputation as the man who could magically get all the answers he needed from a prisoner of war. In most cases, the POWs being interrogated never realized that their words, small talk or otherwise, were important pieces of the mosaic Scharff was constructing. He was so effective that...