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In May, 1945,
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Adolf Hitler may have landed
in San Sebastian, Spain.
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If you're an escaping Nazi,
this would be
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a good place to come,
clearly.
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And the team has found
a communication center.
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In a matter of moments,
that information
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would have been sent
to any U-boat or plane.
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Piece of cake.
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The team in Argentina
established
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a couple miles from the Nazi
compound in Misiones,
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there was an active hunt
for Hitler.
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Your father, did he ever
mention any senior Nazi
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that he may have met?
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Bormann?
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Martin Bormann, who is
the second most important man
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in the Nazi world.
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This is history changing.
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Bormann is sort of the key
for Hitler's fate.
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Martin Bormann
may take us
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one step closer
to Adolf Hitler.
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The thing is, is people
don't like to talk
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because they have
something to hide.
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Who's this?
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We have an alleged picture
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of an aged Adolf Hitler.
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Okay, John,
we got our two teams.
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We got one
in San Sebastian
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and we've got the team
in Argentina
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looking into the compound.
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male narrator:
21-year CIA veteran, Bob Baer
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and war crimes investigator,
Dr. John Cencich
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are overseeing
a dual-pronged investigation.
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While the European team
investigates how Hitler
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could have moved
from Germany
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to San Sebastian
in northern Spain,
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they focus in
on the South American leg
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of their investigation,
where they have uncovered
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a potential piece
of forensic evidence
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from a small town
in Misiones, Argentina,
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just 50 miles from a reported
Nazi militarized complex
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in the jungle.
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The investigative team,
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they were able
to uncover this photograph
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that is ostensibly
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one of Adolf Hitler
from 1961.
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Frankly, if this were
really a picture of Hitler,
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it would change history.
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I mean, this is
potential proof positive
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that the guy got
to Argentina.
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But as soon as we get
something like a picture,
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my antennae go up like, "Uh-oh.
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Gotta look into this."
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A photo of Hitler in 1960--
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I approach that
with complete skepticism.
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Until we can confirm--
get some sort of confirmation
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on this picture,
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it would be irresponsible
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to show it on air.
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It certainly looks like
it could be Adolf Hitler,
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but we have to be
really careful with this.
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We have
great responsibility
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that comes with this
investigative undertaking.
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My major problem
with the photo is,
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we just know
so little about this.
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Just because the photograph
is found in Argentina
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doesn't mean that's where
the photograph was taken.
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We don't know what it is.
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It's our job
to get to the bottom
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of this particular
photograph.
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So I've ordered a forensic
analysis of the photograph,
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also to undertake
the facial recognition.
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narrator:
Over the last 72 hours,
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Animetrics Technologies
has analyzed
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the potential photograph of
Adolf Hitler in Argentina
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after World War II.
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Their state-of-the-art
facial recognition software
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is used by law enforcement
and military agencies
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around the world.
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They're scanning the images.
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There's an algorithm
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and it gives a percentage
of what are the odds
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that the two images match.
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narrator:
They have shared the results
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of their examination
with the team.
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What we're able to learn
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from undertaking that type of
forensic examination,
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as well as
our own reconnaissance,
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our own independent research,
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we determined that
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this is not a photograph
of Adolf Hitler.
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As someone who's done
a lot of work--
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forensic work with photographs,
I can tell you,
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this wasn't Adolf Hitler
that was taken in the 1960s.
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That's okay.
That's what we do.
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We had to investigate it.
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We did investigate it.
We move on from there.
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All I can do
is deal with the evidence
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as it comes across my desk.
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It's like I'm sitting
back at Langley.
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We're trying to figure out
what's going on.
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Now, we don't know the origin
of this photograph,
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but on the surface,
it absolutely looks like
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an aged Adolf Hitler.
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So I completely understand how
if you were in a small town
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in Argentina and all these
sightings of Hitler
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are happening
all around the world,
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and you come across this photo,
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of course you'd think
it was Hitler.
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But at the end of the day,
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we have to separate
the good evidence from the bad.
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Okay, John, let's go to Spain,
San Sebastian.
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narrator: Bob shifts focus
to the European leg
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of their investigation.
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In San Sebastian, Spain,
they have uncovered evidence
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that suggests
high ranking Nazis
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were fleeing to the area
after World War II,
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including a close associate
of Adolf Hitler
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arriving by plane in May, 1945,
after being spotted
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by the Fuhrer's side
just one day earlier.
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If you're flying
out of Nazi Germany in May, '45,
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you're not gonna just,
you know,
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land in some airport
anywhere in the world
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hoping you'll be okay.
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You got to go someplace
where you got a network.
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This is a place that had
the infrastructure,
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the personnel,
the communication equipment.
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If Hitler had lived,
the answer to the question
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as to whether or not
San Sebastian
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would have been a place
for him to arrive by plane
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is unquestionably yes.
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The next question is, "Well,
where did he go from there?"
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So let's take a look
in the database
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and see if we can find
some intelligence
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that intersects Hitler
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and San Sebastian
or just Spain in general.
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"Hitler."
"Spain."
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Enter.
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Here we go.
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This is a German document.
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"Special order prepared
by Heinrich Mueller."
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Chief of the Gestapo.
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"20 April, 1945.
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"Subject: Fuhrer's
special trip to Barcelona.
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"The members
of the Fuhrer's entourage are:
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"The Fuhrer,
Reichsleiter Bormann."
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There's something
going on here.
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You know, what's unique
about this document,
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it's an internal German
military order
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issued ten days
before Adolf Hitler
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is alleged to have
committed suicide.
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It's an incredible find.
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For me, this is
a huge piece of evidence.
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The head of the Gestapo
was clearly planning
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an exfiltration of Hitler
and his closest advisors.
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Internal documents belong
to a government.
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It's something
very secret.
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So I think
right through April,
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the whole system is geared
to get Hitler out.
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We've always theorized that if
Bormann indeed escaped Berlin,
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and if Hitler didn't
commit suicide
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on April 30, 1945,
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perhaps they would be
together.
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This document does show
the intent to the people,
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and that intent is
for the Fuhrer
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and Martin Bormann to flee
to Barcelona together.
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You're right,
and what is in Barcelona?
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Is this even credible that
you would send Hitler there?
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Let's go to Barcelona and
find out what type of evidence
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we might be able
to generate
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in relation to this
"Fuhrer's special trip."
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Oh, I think absolutely.
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I'm really intrigued
to know
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what the German setup
was here.
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narrator:
World War II historian,
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James Holland,
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and U.S. Army Reconnaissance
expert, Mike Simpson,
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arrive in Barcelona.
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Talking
about every aspect,
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there's a lot to like
about Barcelona--
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location wise,
population center wise.
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Infrastructure.
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If there was an existing
escape plan for Hitler,
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it would have almost certainly
been set up by Bormann.
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Absolutely.
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narrator: The team meets
with David Rodriguez,
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a local expert
on Nazi movement in Spain,
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at the Gran Teatre del Liceu,
originally built in 1847.
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I'm really intrigued
to know why we're
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in this particular theater.
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20,000 Germans, and he said
they know for a fact
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that at least 500 of them
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were known and active spies
of the Nazis.
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- Oh. 500?
- Right.
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Okay, so I think we're
in the right place.
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It seems clear that, yes,
there was definitely
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organization
here in Barcelona.
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There were 500 spies
and leading Nazis.
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You know,
that's an awful lot.
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Clearly something big
was going on here.
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Oh, look at this.
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Look at it.
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Where we're looking down,
the high ranking Nazis
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that would be here, this is
where you would see them.
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Specifically, they would have
the honored seats up front.
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This was
a very permissive environment
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for those Nazi expats
living here at that time,
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and we're talking about
a population of 20,000,
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ten times what we were talking
about up in San Sebastian.
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If this is what's going on
above the water,
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it's anybody's guess what's
going on below the surface.
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Whew.
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Gosh, it's stunning,
isn't it?
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Absolutely stunning.
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Where there any
really notable Nazis
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that came here
to Barcelona?
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Bormann's plan was
to set up infrastructure
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to support
fleeing Nazi officials
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should the Third Reich
lose the war.
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They were prepared
to support them,
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they were prepared
to support Hitler,
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they had prepared
false documentation,
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and Franco had even designated
members of his own guard
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that would work
in a security capacity.
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Right. So let me just
get this absolutely clear.
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Before the end of the war,
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Bormann had set up a plan
for Hitler's escape.
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The more we peel back
the layers,
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the more this is looking like
exactly what we're looking for.
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Martin Bormann was scouting out
locations for a ratline
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to get the Fuhrer out of Germany
and into a safe haven.
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He says
on the 10th of August, 1944,
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many wealthy German expats
as well as many Nazi officials
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under the supervision
of Martin Bormann met
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to plan
the formation of--
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Die Spinne--
literally the translation
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in German is
"the spider,"
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and it was an escape
and evasion network
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with absolutely the top
of the Nazi chain.
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There were lots of rumors
and stories about it.
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That's a massive eye opener.
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This is adding up
very nicely for me.
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Our team has uncovered
that Martin Bormann
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was in contact
with people in Barcelona
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relative to this secret
organization,
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Die Spinne,
the Spider Network.
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narrator: Bob and John review
the findings from Spain,
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where they are following
a declassified Nazi document
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outlining a secret trip
for Adolf Hitler
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and Martin Bormann
to Barcelona
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days before they were
believed dead.
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This Die Spinne network
was set up
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to facilitate the exfiltration
of Nazi war criminals.
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What really strikes me is
they have this plan
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before the end of the war.
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Die Spinne is the mother
of all ratlines.
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It had
a massive infrastructure
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to support the elite members
of the Nazi party.
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The question remains is
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how far did this network
actually reach?
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Let's find out.
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Look up "Die Spinne."
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Well, here we have
a CIA document.
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"Eichmann was
in close contact
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"with the underground group
Die Spinne.
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"It is believed
that he also financed
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"from his stocks
this underground movement
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"and paid for the international
travel expenses
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of wanted war criminals."
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Eichmann is a new piece
of this puzzle.
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narrator: Adolf Eichmann
was one of Hitler's
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closest allies
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and a major organizer
of the Holocaust.
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During the war,
Eichmann was responsible
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for facilitating
the mass deportation of Jews
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to concentration camps
throughout Europe.
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In 1950, he fled
to Buenos Aires, Argentina,
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where he lived
in a modest house
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and worked
for Mercedes-Benz
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under the alias
Ricardo Klement.
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In 1960, he was captured
by the Israeli Mossad
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and sentenced to death.
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If somebody
like Eichmann,
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one of the most wanted men
in the world,
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actually got out using
the web, Die Spinne,
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I think we just have to consider
that network
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was also intended for Hitler
to use in his escape.
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Absolutely.
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Everybody knows that Eichmann
lived in Buenos Aires,
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but here we have a document
that says there's rumors
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that Eichmann actually
lived in a safe house
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in northern Argentina
in a province called Tucumán
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prior to moving
to Buenos Aires.
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"Tucumán."
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Tucumán is
out in the middle of nowhere,
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and then you go across--
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in a equally remote area
is Misiones.
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We have to consider
the possibility
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that Tucumán was
simply a staging area
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while the compound in Misiones
was being built.
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This compound in Misiones,
very complicated.
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This took a lot of time
and money, but in the meantime,
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you can't wait
for Misiones to be built,
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you got to go
to a place like Tucumán.
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What I think we need to do is
to get the team into Tucumán.
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If he had
a safe house there,
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there's potential evidence
there.
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The sooner they get there,
the better.
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Well, we're 1,400 miles
from Buenos Aires,
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up in the northwest province
of Argentina.
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This is--this is
a whole new level of isolated.
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narrator: Investigative
journalist, Gerrard Williams,
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and U.S. Army Special Forces,
Tim Kennedy,
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make their way
through the winding roads
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of Northern Argentina.
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So Eichmann manages
a whole ten years in Argentina
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before he's picked up.
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He lives under the name
Ricardo Klement.
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There's no way
that Adolf Eichmann on his own
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would have decided to come
to this part of Argentina.
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He must have been sent here
by Die Spinne.
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Could this house be
a safe house
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where people are dropped off
before they moved on?
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That's what we've got to go
find out.
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We are coming close now, guys.
Almost there.
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narrator:
Their local contact, Rune,
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has uncovered
what could be the location
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of Eichmann's
rumored safe house in the area.
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Here we are.
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Creeps me out.
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Let's see
what we can see.
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It's locked,
but it's vacant.
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narrator: With the team
unable to gain access
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to the potential safe house,
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they make contact
with neighbor Francisco Valdez.
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Do you know the family
that lived in this house
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in the '50s?
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He lived here, yes,
with his family.
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Does he know
the name of the family?
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Adolf Eichmann.
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Why was he here?
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Who put him here?
Who did he work for?
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Does that ring
any bells?
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It's German owned,
partly Argentine staffed.
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Company that's involved in
major infrastructure projects.
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- In Argentina?
- Yeah.
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00:18:03,169 --> 00:18:06,868
CAPRI is a company that is owned
by a former SS captain,
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except you're never
a former SS anything.
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You are SS until you die.
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They run huge infrastructure
projects all over the world
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in exactly the same way
as they did for the Nazis.
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What was CAPRI doing here?
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They made tunnels,
he said.
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00:18:24,973 --> 00:18:27,976
They were, like,
cutting out in the mountains.
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They were making tunnels
in the mountains?
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00:18:29,369 --> 00:18:31,588
Yeah, they were making
some tunnels.
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00:18:31,632 --> 00:18:34,983
Adolf Eichmann's up here
tunneling into mountains?
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00:18:35,026 --> 00:18:36,767
What the hell's
all that about?
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Do you know
if these tunnels still exist?
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00:18:41,990 --> 00:18:43,209
Okay.
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00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,866
Eichmann was here
digging tunnels
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into the side of the mountains
in secluded Northwest Argentina.
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If Hitler would have come here
and used this as a safe house,
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he would need
multiple routes for evasion.
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00:18:59,094 --> 00:19:01,052
Look at these mountains.
Look at that view.
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00:19:01,096 --> 00:19:03,011
It's quite incredible.
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00:19:03,054 --> 00:19:06,362
Maybe these tunnels were
built as an escape route.
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00:19:06,406 --> 00:19:08,103
That's where
I have to go next.
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00:19:15,850 --> 00:19:17,765
I feel good about Barcelona,
you know,
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00:19:17,808 --> 00:19:20,159
we've got documents
related to it.
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Bormann was intimately tied
to Die Spinne.
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narrator: While the team
continues to investigate
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the Eichmann safe house
in Tucumán, Argentina,
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Bob and John discuss
the Spanish leg
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of their investigation,
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where a declassified
Nazi document outlines
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a secret trip
for Adolf Hitler
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and Martin Bormann
to Barcelona
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days before they were
believed dead.
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In Barcelona we know
there were Nazis there,
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and we know there's
a German culture there.
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It was open for Hitler,
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but where do you go
in Barcelona?
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You just don't show up there
and walk around the streets.
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We need to find out
which safe houses, which routes,
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which infrastructure
was used
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to facilitate
the fleeing war criminals.
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00:20:06,553 --> 00:20:08,250
I think we need to dig
into the database
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00:20:08,294 --> 00:20:11,253
and see if we can find
some information.
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00:20:15,301 --> 00:20:16,780
There we go.
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00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:21,916
This is coming
out of an MI6 file
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reported
in October 22, 1950.
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"Bormann is without a doubt
the brain behind Die Spinne.
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"He is known, rather ironically,
as The Great Eminence
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"because of the robes worn
by the monks
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at his monastery hideout
in Spain."
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00:20:41,936 --> 00:20:44,286
Hey, look,
it's been documented totally
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00:20:44,330 --> 00:20:47,071
that the Vatican
helped the Nazis.
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So, I mean, we are within
the parameters of reality here
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narrator:
After World War II,
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an intricate system
of escape routes
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00:20:54,601 --> 00:20:56,603
throughout Spain,
known as the ratlines,
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00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:59,997
were established to help
Nazi war criminals flee Europe.
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00:21:00,041 --> 00:21:03,653
According to a 1947
American embassy memo,
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00:21:03,697 --> 00:21:05,699
these ratlines were
allegedly supported
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00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:07,353
by the Catholic Church
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00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:09,746
by providing
false documentation
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00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:13,359
in places of refuge
at local monasteries.
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00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,317
You know, the question is
which monastery?
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00:21:15,361 --> 00:21:17,624
We've got hundreds of them
around Barcelona,
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00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,582
but which one
would he go to?
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00:21:19,626 --> 00:21:21,584
Let's see if we can find
an answer to that.
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Look at this.
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00:21:27,329 --> 00:21:29,462
It's coming from the Federal
Minister of Justice,
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West Germany,
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00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:34,336
and it goes on to say,
"Martin Bormann is living
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"in the Saint Benedict monastery
at Montserrat near Barcelona
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where he found sanctuary
with the Vatican's consent."
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00:21:42,605 --> 00:21:44,433
I mean, John,
when you look at this,
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you got Barcelona here,
right on the coast.
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And then you go
up to here is Montserrat.
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Montserrat is approximately
25 miles from Barcelona.
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You are really
in the mountains here.
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00:21:59,013 --> 00:22:01,363
We need to know
whether Montserrat,
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this particular monastery,
had any Nazi connection.
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00:22:05,454 --> 00:22:09,023
Number two is can you
actually hide out there?
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00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:12,548
Because it's a monastery doesn't
mean you can just move in.
427
00:22:12,592 --> 00:22:14,028
I mean,
was there a place
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00:22:14,071 --> 00:22:16,813
that he would feel
comfortable and safe?
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00:22:16,857 --> 00:22:19,947
I agree.
Next stop is Montserrat.
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00:22:31,611 --> 00:22:32,829
Well, this is
spectacular scenery, isn't it?
431
00:22:32,873 --> 00:22:34,527
It's beautiful.
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00:22:34,570 --> 00:22:37,094
narrator: James Holland
and Mike Simpson head
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for the Montserrat monastery
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deep in the mountains,
an hour's drive from Barcelona.
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00:22:43,144 --> 00:22:45,451
And it's amazing,
after the hubbub of Barcelona,
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00:22:45,494 --> 00:22:48,192
suddenly you're
so kind of remote, aren't you?
437
00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:50,020
On the drive up
I think tactical advantage
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00:22:50,064 --> 00:22:52,588
right off the bat.
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00:22:52,632 --> 00:22:55,504
One road alone
provides access.
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Very easy to control.
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00:22:57,854 --> 00:23:00,335
Look at that.
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00:23:10,258 --> 00:23:12,739
Oh, it's
such an amazing view.
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00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:14,610
The monastery was
absolutely stunning.
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00:23:14,654 --> 00:23:18,614
These beautiful mountains,
strange rock formations,
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00:23:18,658 --> 00:23:20,703
and there's
this Benedictine monastery
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00:23:20,747 --> 00:23:24,533
kind of sort of tucked away
beneath this kind of rock face.
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00:23:24,577 --> 00:23:27,623
A Nazi war criminal would want
somewhere discreet,
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00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:30,626
out of the way,
and very well protected.
449
00:23:30,670 --> 00:23:33,673
Frankly, he couldn't ask
for a better place.
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00:23:33,716 --> 00:23:36,197
Hola, Padre.
Me llamo Mike.
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narrator:
The team makes contact
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with Friar Hilari Raguer,
the monastery's historian.
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00:24:05,095 --> 00:24:08,621
Himmler is
one of the absolute top Nazis.
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00:24:08,664 --> 00:24:11,450
He is the head of the SS.
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00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:15,671
He's incredibly important.
Why would he come here?
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00:24:18,369 --> 00:24:19,980
Ah.
Himmler said
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00:24:20,023 --> 00:24:22,243
to one of the monks,
"We want to see the mountain.
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00:24:22,286 --> 00:24:24,985
We're interested
in the mountain."
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00:24:45,745 --> 00:24:47,094
These are extensive?
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00:24:47,137 --> 00:24:48,965
Very extensive.
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Before the Nazis would have
fully committed
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00:24:51,185 --> 00:24:52,926
to using this site,
they would have had to do
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00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:55,145
what's known
as a site survey
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and assess
the value of this site.
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00:24:57,713 --> 00:24:59,672
Normally,
this could have been performed
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00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:02,544
by any mid-level
military officer,
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00:25:02,588 --> 00:25:05,373
but in this case
it was Himmler himself.
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00:25:05,416 --> 00:25:08,985
That tells me that this place
was very important.
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00:25:09,029 --> 00:25:11,248
- Look at this.
- Yeah, we're there.
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00:25:20,693 --> 00:25:22,782
- Gosh, look at this.
- Look at that.
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00:25:22,825 --> 00:25:25,088
That's pretty big,
isn't it?
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00:25:28,178 --> 00:25:30,093
When he said expansive,
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00:25:30,137 --> 00:25:33,662
he really, really meant
expansive.
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00:25:33,706 --> 00:25:36,273
If you're in Spain
and the war's over,
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00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:38,014
the monastery itself
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00:25:38,058 --> 00:25:39,929
would have been
a perfect location
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00:25:39,973 --> 00:25:42,584
to keep people
on a temporary basis.
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00:25:42,628 --> 00:25:46,283
And now, added bonus
of these caves.
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00:25:46,327 --> 00:25:48,285
Wow.
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00:25:48,329 --> 00:25:51,854
Well, you could easily hide
someone in here, couldn't you?
481
00:25:51,898 --> 00:25:55,118
There literally could not be
a better spot to hide
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00:25:55,162 --> 00:25:58,644
safely away from the eyes
and ears of your enemies.
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00:25:58,687 --> 00:26:01,168
You want to have that out,
and the caves are that out.
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00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:16,531
narrator:
At Tucumán, Argentina...
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He said this direction,
but it's vague.
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00:26:19,403 --> 00:26:21,275
narrator:
Tim Kennedy investigates
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00:26:21,318 --> 00:26:23,930
the area surrounding
Adolf Eichmann's safe house
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00:26:23,973 --> 00:26:25,627
in search
of rumored tunnels
489
00:26:25,671 --> 00:26:28,021
that could be connected
to Die Spinne,
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00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:30,197
an organization
to support the escape
491
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,852
of the highest ranking
Nazi war criminals,
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00:26:32,895 --> 00:26:36,899
as reported
by a declassified CIA file.
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00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:38,814
When I heard the Nazis were
in the mountains
494
00:26:38,858 --> 00:26:40,555
digging tunnels,
immediately,
495
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,426
especially considering
that this could be a safe house,
496
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:44,167
I'm thinking
of escape routes.
497
00:26:44,211 --> 00:26:45,429
I need to get
inside of these tunnels
498
00:26:45,473 --> 00:26:47,736
at night to really try
to discern
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00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:49,912
what they were doing here.
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00:26:49,956 --> 00:26:51,348
narrator:
While Tim scouts the mountain
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for a tunnel entrance...
502
00:26:52,785 --> 00:26:55,526
- We found the key.
- Ah, good stuff.
503
00:26:55,570 --> 00:26:57,441
- Here we go.
- Okay, muchas gracias.
504
00:26:57,485 --> 00:26:59,269
narrator:
Gerrard Williams gains access
505
00:26:59,313 --> 00:27:01,576
to the interior
of Eichmann's safe house.
506
00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:14,633
Here we are in a kitchen
507
00:27:14,676 --> 00:27:16,504
where the man
who facilitated the deaths,
508
00:27:16,547 --> 00:27:20,116
industrial mass murder,
of--
509
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,032
Close to 11 million people,
510
00:27:23,076 --> 00:27:26,166
would make
his morning coffee.
511
00:27:26,209 --> 00:27:27,515
And that's chilling,
even if he was
512
00:27:27,558 --> 00:27:28,559
only here
for a couple of years,
513
00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:32,259
I still find it chilling.
514
00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:34,174
Ugh!
Don't want to stay in here.
515
00:27:39,005 --> 00:27:41,703
The old man said
that the tunnel entrance was
516
00:27:41,747 --> 00:27:43,618
in the valley.
517
00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:56,718
Where is this thing?
518
00:28:00,417 --> 00:28:02,855
I can see something.
519
00:28:06,162 --> 00:28:07,903
We might have something
right here.
520
00:28:11,994 --> 00:28:15,302
Holy [bleep].
521
00:28:15,345 --> 00:28:17,652
We got a tunnel.
522
00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:23,179
I have no idea
what's back there.
523
00:28:23,223 --> 00:28:26,356
It could be treacherous
in there, truly dangerous.
524
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,794
In tunnels
there's pockets of gasses
525
00:28:28,837 --> 00:28:31,100
that we can't control.
Some of those are toxic,
526
00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:33,581
but I have to find out
where it goes,
527
00:28:33,624 --> 00:28:36,540
so I brought a self-contained
breathing apparatus with me
528
00:28:36,584 --> 00:28:38,455
and enough air
that I at least know
529
00:28:38,499 --> 00:28:40,109
I can get in and out.
530
00:28:42,459 --> 00:28:45,288
I'm lead.
You guys stay behind me.
531
00:28:59,955 --> 00:29:05,047
Looks like a wall
right in front of us.
532
00:29:05,091 --> 00:29:08,703
I can see a little bit of light
popping through.
533
00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:11,793
I'm gonna go check that out
and see where that goes.
534
00:29:19,105 --> 00:29:21,672
We got a couple of chambers.
535
00:29:21,716 --> 00:29:25,241
They're cutting off
multiple tunnels.
536
00:29:25,285 --> 00:29:27,156
All right,
we have--
537
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:32,640
at this intersection right here
you can see,
538
00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:35,512
right here,
these archways.
539
00:29:35,556 --> 00:29:39,212
This is a corridor.
This was planned.
540
00:29:39,255 --> 00:29:42,911
This was built specifically
for the movement of people.
541
00:29:42,955 --> 00:29:45,653
A massive tunnel system.
542
00:29:45,696 --> 00:29:46,915
narrator:
Roughly 200 meters
543
00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:48,874
from the mountain base
entrance,
544
00:29:48,917 --> 00:29:50,745
Tim runs
into an intersection
545
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:54,618
leading to three distinct,
man-made pathways.
546
00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:57,534
Tunnels like this,
going straight into bedrock.
547
00:29:57,578 --> 00:29:58,927
That takes time.
548
00:29:58,971 --> 00:30:01,190
That takes money.
That takes backing.
549
00:30:01,234 --> 00:30:03,627
If these tunnels were built
as an escape route,
550
00:30:03,671 --> 00:30:04,803
they did it well.
551
00:30:10,373 --> 00:30:14,160
We're a few hundred meters
from that intersection,
552
00:30:14,203 --> 00:30:19,948
you know, maybe 500--400 or
500 meters from the entrance,
553
00:30:19,992 --> 00:30:21,689
and we still don't
even have a way out.
554
00:30:30,132 --> 00:30:32,743
Straight ahead.
555
00:30:34,354 --> 00:30:36,617
Oh, I see
some light up there.
556
00:30:40,186 --> 00:30:42,449
It looks like
it's filled in.
557
00:30:42,492 --> 00:30:43,798
Oh, we're gonna
have to switch back.
558
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,148
We won't be able
to go much further.
559
00:30:52,198 --> 00:30:55,549
It's starting to smell bad.
560
00:30:55,592 --> 00:30:59,161
I'm not sure I want to go
much further like this.
561
00:30:59,205 --> 00:31:02,077
Man, we're gonna--
I'm gonna put my mask on.
562
00:31:02,121 --> 00:31:05,385
I don't want to go any further
breathing this air.
563
00:31:05,428 --> 00:31:07,126
This is
a complex tunnel system.
564
00:31:09,955 --> 00:31:13,828
You're trying to track
a fugitive that's evading you,
565
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:17,136
and he runs in that tunnel,
if you try to follow him,
566
00:31:17,179 --> 00:31:18,659
that's dangerous.
567
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,408
I have tunnels
that are dropping off.
568
00:31:28,451 --> 00:31:31,193
I have tunnels that are
going to dead ends.
569
00:31:31,237 --> 00:31:32,586
If you don't know where you're
going through that tunnel,
570
00:31:32,629 --> 00:31:33,804
you could be lost.
571
00:31:37,286 --> 00:31:40,159
Watch your footing right here.
Slow down.
572
00:31:40,202 --> 00:31:42,465
This goes straight down,
573
00:31:42,509 --> 00:31:44,337
but right here,
we got an opening.
574
00:31:47,557 --> 00:31:48,558
Whoa.
575
00:31:54,260 --> 00:31:56,697
We have an entrance
near the Eichmann house
576
00:31:56,740 --> 00:31:58,699
and an exit on the opposite
side of the mountain
577
00:31:58,742 --> 00:32:01,963
at a lower elevation
by the water.
578
00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:04,052
That's an escape tunnel.
579
00:32:04,096 --> 00:32:06,620
You know, I came here to find
evidence of infrastructure.
580
00:32:06,663 --> 00:32:08,535
We found it.
That's what this is.
581
00:32:16,325 --> 00:32:18,371
Well, we sent the team
up to Tucumán,
582
00:32:18,414 --> 00:32:20,329
looking for this
potential safe house
583
00:32:20,373 --> 00:32:22,592
Eichmann was
supposed to have lived in.
584
00:32:22,636 --> 00:32:25,726
The team was able
to locate this house,
585
00:32:25,769 --> 00:32:27,728
and they learned
Eichmann was working
586
00:32:27,771 --> 00:32:30,905
for a company
called CAPRI,
587
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:34,387
and that they were digging
tunnels through a mountain,
588
00:32:34,430 --> 00:32:36,563
and the team was able
to go through the tunnel.
589
00:32:36,606 --> 00:32:38,782
What did they find on the other
side of that mountain?
590
00:32:38,826 --> 00:32:41,742
An opening that goes
down to lower elevation
591
00:32:41,785 --> 00:32:45,006
and right there's a river,
a method of escape.
592
00:32:45,050 --> 00:32:46,965
So these guys
built this tunnel
593
00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:48,749
for a damn important reason.
594
00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:50,881
In Tucumán
we found a tunnel.
595
00:32:50,925 --> 00:32:52,796
A place to go
underground.
596
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:56,887
Clearly, Eichmann intended
to make an escape route.
597
00:32:56,931 --> 00:33:00,021
So while Misiones was
being constructed,
598
00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:03,720
Tucumán could be the perfect
staging area for Hitler.
599
00:33:03,764 --> 00:33:06,375
Let's go
back to Barcelona.
600
00:33:06,419 --> 00:33:08,508
narrator: Bob and John
discuss the other leg
601
00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:11,206
of their investigation
in Barcelona, Spain.
602
00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:14,557
You certainly have
the possibility of hiding out
603
00:33:14,601 --> 00:33:18,039
in the mountains in, like,
these caves, the monastery.
604
00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:20,824
Himmler was at this monastery.
He would have known about it.
605
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,522
They're Nazis.
606
00:33:22,565 --> 00:33:24,480
We determine that
Barcelona's interesting
607
00:33:24,524 --> 00:33:27,092
for a safe house
and for meetings,
608
00:33:27,135 --> 00:33:29,920
but for Hitler to escape,
he needs to get
609
00:33:29,964 --> 00:33:32,619
out of Spain and
go to South America.
610
00:33:32,662 --> 00:33:37,189
What is the point of exit
or egress from Spain?
611
00:33:37,232 --> 00:33:40,496
That's where we have to go, find
the most likely place for that.
612
00:33:40,540 --> 00:33:42,150
Yeah, I agree.
I mean, it's you know--
613
00:33:42,194 --> 00:33:45,023
Look, we looked at Vigo.
It was a possibility.
614
00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:59,559
But you simply can't narrow it
down to one particular base.
615
00:33:59,602 --> 00:34:01,169
What if in the meantime
you're in Vigo
616
00:34:01,213 --> 00:34:02,997
and there was
an American battleship
617
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,390
parked off the coast?
618
00:34:04,433 --> 00:34:07,784
You have to have
multiple exit routes.
619
00:34:07,828 --> 00:34:09,525
You have to,
in the middle of a plan,
620
00:34:09,569 --> 00:34:11,179
be able to alternate.
621
00:34:11,223 --> 00:34:13,486
You do not have
one exit.
622
00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:16,184
You have to have a second exit,
and a third, and a fourth.
623
00:34:16,228 --> 00:34:18,752
You're always worried
about an ambush.
624
00:34:18,795 --> 00:34:22,103
If Vigo is plan A
or plan B,
625
00:34:22,147 --> 00:34:24,627
what's plan C
or plan D?
626
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:27,021
I, you know, I think
we should, you know,
627
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,023
start getting
into the documents and look
628
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,112
and see if there are
any other U-boat bases
629
00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:34,420
and whether they were active
in May of '45.
630
00:34:34,463 --> 00:34:35,682
"U-boat."
631
00:34:35,725 --> 00:34:37,858
"Spain."
632
00:34:37,901 --> 00:34:39,599
All right, we've got
something here,
633
00:34:39,642 --> 00:34:43,559
a now declassified Argentinean
intelligence document.
634
00:34:43,603 --> 00:34:46,606
We see here
that Ludwig Freud,
635
00:34:46,649 --> 00:34:48,347
an agent
of the Third Reich,
636
00:34:48,390 --> 00:34:52,133
stated that,
"on 7, February, 1945,
637
00:34:52,177 --> 00:34:55,528
"a U-boat brought to Argentina
huge funds
638
00:34:55,571 --> 00:34:58,705
"to help in the reconstruction
of the Nazi empire,
639
00:34:58,748 --> 00:35:01,229
having sailed
from Cádiz, Spain."
640
00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:05,842
They're saying money here,
but just as easily
641
00:35:05,886 --> 00:35:07,453
you could have been
putting people
642
00:35:07,496 --> 00:35:09,542
on a U-boat out of Cádiz.
643
00:35:09,585 --> 00:35:13,067
Yeah, what's going on
at the Gulf of Cádiz?
644
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,113
We're no longer
in the Mediterranean.
645
00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:18,855
It gives a clear shot
to the Atlantic.
646
00:35:18,899 --> 00:35:20,596
Yeah, it's
the only other way out.
647
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,209
The question is, though,
are there any U-boat bases here?
648
00:35:24,252 --> 00:35:27,864
Yeah, yeah, you find me
a U-boat dock here,
649
00:35:27,908 --> 00:35:29,170
I'll be very happy.
650
00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:30,215
That'll make two of us.
651
00:35:41,704 --> 00:35:43,097
Look at all
these bunkers, Mike.
652
00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,577
Yeah, look at this.
You got here, here--
653
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:47,145
There's lots of them.
Lots and lots.
654
00:35:47,188 --> 00:35:49,495
narrator: In the province
of Cádiz, Spain...
655
00:35:49,538 --> 00:35:51,236
That's amazing.
656
00:35:51,279 --> 00:35:53,499
narrator:
James Holland and Mike Simpson
657
00:35:53,542 --> 00:35:56,328
are joined by local historian,
Alfonso Escuadra.
658
00:35:58,808 --> 00:36:00,897
You know,
from down on the ground,
659
00:36:00,941 --> 00:36:03,596
you don't really realize
how important it is.
660
00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:05,859
this is
a maritime choke point,
661
00:36:05,902 --> 00:36:07,861
so you control access
in and out of the Mediterranean
662
00:36:07,904 --> 00:36:09,819
from right here.
663
00:36:09,863 --> 00:36:11,995
What I'm really intrigued
to know, Alfonso,
664
00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:15,912
is how much of a foothold
have the Nazis
665
00:36:15,956 --> 00:36:17,871
got here
during World War II?
666
00:36:29,578 --> 00:36:31,406
- Really?
- Yeah.
667
00:36:39,109 --> 00:36:40,328
Amazing.
668
00:36:40,372 --> 00:36:41,634
This is huge.
669
00:36:41,677 --> 00:36:43,201
We have photographic evidence
670
00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:46,160
of a German U-boat
in the port of Cádiz.
671
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:49,207
That means that Hitler could
have had a support network
672
00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,818
operating in the area,
as well as bases
673
00:36:51,861 --> 00:36:53,472
to service U-boats.
674
00:36:53,515 --> 00:36:54,777
That's what
we need to find out--
675
00:36:54,821 --> 00:36:56,823
where exactly
these locations are
676
00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,738
and to what extent
they were used.
677
00:36:58,781 --> 00:37:02,350
Do you know of any place
that might have been used
678
00:37:02,394 --> 00:37:05,092
as a clandestine base
for the U-boats?
679
00:37:07,573 --> 00:37:09,705
Can you think of anybody
who might have
680
00:37:09,749 --> 00:37:11,359
more information
about U-boats
681
00:37:11,403 --> 00:37:13,100
and about their operation
in the area?
682
00:37:24,938 --> 00:37:27,462
Well, we should definitely
try and talk to her.
683
00:37:27,506 --> 00:37:29,856
This is looking quite tasty.
684
00:37:37,603 --> 00:37:40,519
This looks like the place.
685
00:37:40,562 --> 00:37:44,087
narrator: In the province
of Cádiz in southern Spain,
686
00:37:44,131 --> 00:37:47,221
James Holland and Mike Simpson
are investigating
687
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:50,442
a declassified
Argentinian document
688
00:37:50,485 --> 00:37:54,097
that reports German U-boats
were sailing from this area
689
00:37:54,141 --> 00:37:57,753
to Argentina in the final
months of the war.
690
00:38:00,321 --> 00:38:03,542
German U-boats were operating
in Cádiz
691
00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:05,718
but we still don't have
an exact location yet.
692
00:38:05,761 --> 00:38:07,285
We're definitely
in the right area,
693
00:38:07,328 --> 00:38:09,330
but that's what we need
to pin down.
694
00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:11,506
narrator: In search of
a possible location
695
00:38:11,550 --> 00:38:15,162
that Hitler could have used
to load onto a U-boat in Cádiz,
696
00:38:15,205 --> 00:38:18,078
the team arrives
at the home of Liana Romero,
697
00:38:18,121 --> 00:38:20,167
whose mother was rumored
to be connected
698
00:38:20,210 --> 00:38:22,256
to Germans in the area.
699
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:25,607
We've been told
that your mother had
700
00:38:25,651 --> 00:38:28,697
a very interesting time here
during World War II.
701
00:38:37,967 --> 00:38:39,142
Oh, really?
So she was Russian?
702
00:38:39,186 --> 00:38:40,361
Si.
703
00:38:50,110 --> 00:38:52,504
So she signed up
as an agent for the Abwehr?
704
00:38:52,547 --> 00:38:54,244
- Correct.
- Which is the German
705
00:38:54,288 --> 00:38:55,681
secret intelligence service.
706
00:38:55,724 --> 00:38:57,073
And in what year?
707
00:38:57,117 --> 00:38:58,336
'41.
708
00:38:58,379 --> 00:39:00,076
And what was it
specifically
709
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,905
that your mother was doing
for Nazi Germany?
710
00:39:14,264 --> 00:39:18,704
Did your mother keep anything
from her years as an operative?
711
00:39:18,747 --> 00:39:22,403
Did she keep any communiqués
or notebooks,
712
00:39:22,447 --> 00:39:25,232
or anything like that
that we could take a look at?
713
00:39:27,103 --> 00:39:29,410
Liana's mother was placed
in the time period
714
00:39:29,454 --> 00:39:31,804
that I am interested in
and in the exact location
715
00:39:31,847 --> 00:39:33,153
that I am interested in,
716
00:39:33,196 --> 00:39:35,024
but we need an actual point
717
00:39:35,068 --> 00:39:36,678
that you could put
a high value target
718
00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:39,159
such as Adolf Hitler
onto a U-boat.
719
00:39:39,202 --> 00:39:42,858
- So this is your mother?
- Si.
720
00:39:42,902 --> 00:39:44,382
So striking, isn't she?
721
00:39:53,086 --> 00:39:54,783
Gosh, it's tiny.
722
00:39:54,827 --> 00:39:57,003
So this is a Minox camera.
I'm familiar with these.
723
00:39:57,046 --> 00:39:59,745
Minox is a German company,
and these were great
724
00:39:59,788 --> 00:40:02,617
because they could focus
not only on documents,
725
00:40:02,661 --> 00:40:05,315
but you could also
take pictures of objects,
726
00:40:05,359 --> 00:40:08,144
you know, a ship going by
or something like that.
727
00:40:08,188 --> 00:40:10,538
This is basically
the original spy camera.
728
00:40:10,582 --> 00:40:11,757
Really, this is
the first time
729
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,323
I've seen one
outside of a museum.
730
00:40:28,817 --> 00:40:30,123
So what we're looking at
here, James,
731
00:40:30,166 --> 00:40:32,908
this is an Astra 400
9 millimeter pistol.
732
00:40:32,952 --> 00:40:34,997
- Mm-hmm.
- These were manufactured
733
00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:38,871
here in Spain,
late '30s early '40s.
734
00:40:38,914 --> 00:40:41,961
Oddly enough, most of these
were actually exported.
735
00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,179
- Right.
- And guess where
736
00:40:43,223 --> 00:40:45,051
they were exported to?
737
00:40:45,094 --> 00:40:47,445
- I don't know.
- Germany.
738
00:40:47,488 --> 00:40:51,579
This was a very preferred
Luftwaffesidearm.
739
00:40:51,623 --> 00:40:53,276
These fit perfectly
with everything I know
740
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,930
about the tradecraft.
741
00:40:54,974 --> 00:40:58,151
It was exactly
what spies of that time used
742
00:40:58,194 --> 00:41:00,936
and makes the fact that Liana's
mother was a Nazi spy
743
00:41:00,980 --> 00:41:02,460
very reliable indeed.
744
00:41:02,503 --> 00:41:04,766
So, Liana,
was there anyone here
745
00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:08,074
that your mother became
acquainted with or knew
746
00:41:08,117 --> 00:41:11,425
who had contact
with the highest Nazis?
747
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:12,600
Yeah.
748
00:41:17,910 --> 00:41:19,738
- Really?
- Whoa.
749
00:41:19,781 --> 00:41:22,784
- He--
- He was a camp doctor?
750
00:41:22,828 --> 00:41:23,959
And he was a German?
751
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:31,097
Ah, okay.
752
00:41:31,140 --> 00:41:32,533
Do you have any
specific knowledge,
753
00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:34,361
or even just rumors
754
00:41:34,404 --> 00:41:37,451
of him helping German officials
who were fleeing?
755
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:41,542
N--not that I know.
756
00:41:41,586 --> 00:41:45,241
James and I are looking
for specifically someplace
757
00:41:45,285 --> 00:41:48,593
that could facilitate
clandestine U-boats.
758
00:41:48,636 --> 00:41:49,898
Is there anything
you might be aware of?
759
00:41:53,554 --> 00:41:54,642
Reina Christina.
760
00:42:00,909 --> 00:42:02,041
It's still there?
761
00:42:08,134 --> 00:42:10,832
We're in Cádiz
specifically to find a location
762
00:42:10,876 --> 00:42:14,357
that Hitler could have used
as a U-boat exfiltration point.
763
00:42:14,401 --> 00:42:17,143
Now we have a hotel
crawling with spies.
764
00:42:17,186 --> 00:42:18,579
We have to investigate this.
765
00:42:22,975 --> 00:42:25,151
You could see why
you would have
766
00:42:25,194 --> 00:42:26,326
so many spies here.
767
00:42:31,984 --> 00:42:33,594
So the question's
where does that go?
768
00:42:33,638 --> 00:42:37,076
Wow.
I was not expecting this at all.
769
00:42:42,472 --> 00:42:45,301
If Hitler and Bormann were
planning a Fourth Reich,
770
00:42:45,345 --> 00:42:48,653
they're gonna have munition
factories just like this.
771
00:42:48,696 --> 00:42:51,481
It's clear that a Fourth Reich
was planned.
772
00:42:51,525 --> 00:42:53,440
Now we just need to find
the brain--
773
00:42:53,483 --> 00:42:55,050
the headquarters
for the Fourth Reich.
774
00:42:55,094 --> 00:42:56,748
Look at this.
775
00:42:56,791 --> 00:42:58,793
If they were making
explosives here,
776
00:42:58,837 --> 00:43:00,403
whenever they stopped,
doesn't look like
777
00:43:00,447 --> 00:43:02,231
they started cleaning up.
778
00:43:02,275 --> 00:43:04,756
Analyzing explosive test card...
779
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:09,543
Holy [bleep].
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