There is a wild theory Adolf Hitler underwent secret surgery at the villa along with his personal adjutant Albert Bormann (pictured right). Picture: Jakob Werlin a b Scott, Caroline (16 December 2007). "A Life in the Day: Sandi Toksvig". The Times. London, UK. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 16 March 2012. Thorpe, Vanessa; Graham-Harrison, Emma (8 September 2018). "Sandi Toksvig sparks new gender pay row over QI fee". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 September 2018. Power, Ed (21 October 2016). "QI Sandi Toksvig triumphs in her first appearance as host". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 October 2016. The villa was built by wealthy engineer Gustav Winter just before the war broke out. Picture: Villa Winter/Alex M Peel

The President". Women of the Year. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015 . Retrieved 7 May 2015. Walker-Arnott, Ellie (14 December 2013). " Call the Midwife Christmas special – first look preview". Radio Times . Retrieved 31 December 2013. An eerie Canary Islands villa is at the centre of bizarre claims it was once a secret clinic where on-the-run Nazis – including Adolf Hitler – underwent facial reconstruction at the end of World War II. a b c Smith, Julia Llewellyn (9 October 2016). "Sandi Toksvig: 'Women support each other in comedy, men worry about the size of their manhoods' ". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 17 January 2019. Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the World War II.a b Furness, Hannah (30 April 2015). "Sandi Toksvig quit The News Quiz for Women's Equality Party". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 May 2015. A fascinating family memoir and a very personal story about terrible loss, The Missingdescribes the impact of the Holocaust on one family, which provides a relatable pathway into this overwhelming event for young readers. Saner, Emine (26 August 2012). "Sandi Toksvig: 'I don't understand boredom' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 August 2012.

And, according to legend, high-ranking war criminals such as Martin Bormann, Josef Mengele and even Hitler himself were said to have undergone secret surgery at the isolated villa after “faking” their deaths. Sandi Toksvig made Portsmouth University Chancellor". BBC. 31 October 2012 . Retrieved 21 June 2020. Toksvig presented Channel 4's four-part travel series Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig, which premiered on 10 February 2021. [43] In December 2021, Channel 4 renewed the series for a second series, [44] which premiered on 17 February 2022. [45] Series three premiered on 7 June 2023. [46] Politics and activism [ edit ] Blake, Heidi. "BBC in decency row over obscene joke by Sandi Toksvig". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 13 April 2015. Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of QI, making her "the first female presenter of a British mainstream TV comedy panel show", a fact she found extraordinary in 2016. [41] Her first appearance as host (or Bantermeister) was the first episode of the show's series "N", which was broadcast on 21 October 2016. [42]Toksvig, Sandra Birgitte, (Sandi), (born 3 May 1958), writer and comedian". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.37818. Sandi Toksvig marries partner Debbie in third ceremony: 'Tomorrow, I will love her even more' ". The Independent. 11 December 2014 . Retrieved 12 February 2015. Told in a series of Acts as Bamse’s family is one of actors who love performing on the stage, this is his story of how war came to Denmark in 1940 and how all Germans are not bad and all the Danes were not good. He says there are good and bad people all over and it’s not always easy to tell the difference. Alex Peer has scoured the Winter family archives to determine what the house was really built for and what – if any – links the engineer had to the Nazi Party.