It is a thrilling tale of undercover spies, dictatorship, secret invasions and the hair’s-breadth survival of a nation.

RARE examples of Adolf Hitler’s early paintings during his time as a struggling artist sold for more than £95,000 (€106,000) yesterday.

PHOTOGRAPHS taken during the shooting of a controversial film by Hitler’s favourite film-maker, Leni Riefenstahl, go on sale this week in Britain.