1 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:08,000 World War Two is over. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,440 World War Two is over. 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,000 The Allies have occupied Germany. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,120 The Allies have occupied Germany. 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:24,000 But British women agents remain lost across Europe. 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:24,120 But British women agents remain lost across Europe. 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,560 - Heil! 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,040 Spymaster Vera Atkins 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,000 now has a permanent position with the British Air Force 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,200 now has a permanent position with the British Air Force 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,600 to find her lost women spies. 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,000 And she enlists the help of a crack team of SAS Nazi hunters 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,720 And she enlists the help of a crack team of SAS Nazi hunters 14 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,600 led by Major Bill Barkworth. 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,120 Barkworth reports about a hidden 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,800 concentration camp in eastern France, 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,000 designed to make secret agents disappear...without a trace. 18 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,520 designed to make secret agents disappear...without a trace. 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,000 And the possibility that some of Vera's lost women spies 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:04,880 And the possibility that some of Vera's lost women spies 21 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,440 may have died there. 22 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:12,000 As Vera gathers evidence for the trials of leading Nazis, 23 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,920 As Vera gathers evidence for the trials of leading Nazis, 24 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,200 the horrors she is uncovering 25 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,000 are too much for the authorities back in London. 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:20,920 are too much for the authorities back in London. 27 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,520 Vera receives a clear order. 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,840 - I need you to keep this disgusting business out of the newspapers. 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,600 The true stories of all her lost women spies 30 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,920 must be kept covered up. 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,000 At all costs. 32 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,560 At all costs. 33 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,000 Nearly nine months since the end of the war in Europe. 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,280 Nearly nine months since the end of the war in Europe. 35 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,000 Vera is based at the British War Crimes office in Germany, 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,880 Vera is based at the British War Crimes office in Germany, 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,360 where her promotion allows her to travel the country 38 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,000 to hunt for her lost women spies. 39 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,560 to hunt for her lost women spies. 40 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,800 Two names stand out. 41 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,400 The first is Noor Inayat Khan, 42 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,000 code-name 'Nurse'. 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,520 code-name 'Nurse'. 44 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,000 Vera is sent by Major Barkworth 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,320 Vera is sent by Major Barkworth 46 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:38,880 an interrogation report of prison crematorium worker Franz Berg. 47 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,000 Berg claims Noor was killed, along with three other women spies, 48 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,760 Berg claims Noor was killed, along with three other women spies, 49 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,440 at the Natzweiler camp in July 1944. 50 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,000 But a warder at Karlsruhe prison, Fraulein Becker, 51 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,480 But a warder at Karlsruhe prison, Fraulein Becker, 52 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:03,520 says she remembers Noor being in Karlsruhe many months later. 53 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:04,000 - Yes. 54 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,240 - Yes. 55 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,960 - Vera already has an eyewitness testimony 56 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,560 from Natzweiler saying that Noor is dead. 57 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,000 And now she has another eyewitness testimony 58 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,160 And now she has another eyewitness testimony 59 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,640 saying, nope, that is not true. 60 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,000 Noor could still be alive. 61 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:20,320 Noor could still be alive. 62 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,960 The other name is Violette Szabo. 63 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,000 Violette left her one-year-old child behind to take up arms. 64 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,160 Violette left her one-year-old child behind to take up arms. 65 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,000 A child whose father had already given his life in the war effort. 66 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:36,240 A child whose father had already given his life in the war effort. 67 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,960 - The Nazis won't know what hit them. 68 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,120 - Very good. 69 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:44,000 - Violette Szabo's situation 70 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,440 - Violette Szabo's situation 71 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,800 is particularly sad because she lost her husband, 72 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,000 who never actually met their daughter, gave birth to a child. 73 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,160 who never actually met their daughter, gave birth to a child. 74 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,560 And she left her child back with her family in the UK 75 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,000 and parachuted into France, 76 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,360 and parachuted into France, 77 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,400 so determined was she to keep fighting against the Nazis. 78 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,440 Violette was last heard of 79 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:08,000 at the women's concentration camp at Ravensbruck. 80 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,960 at the women's concentration camp at Ravensbruck. 81 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:16,000 A camp from where Vera's agents Odette Sansom 82 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:16,040 A camp from where Vera's agents Odette Sansom 83 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,520 and Yvonne Baseden have both returned. 84 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,000 So is Violette also alive? 85 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:24,320 So is Violette also alive? 86 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,800 - Vera never gives up hope. 87 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,000 There's always this sliver of hope that some of them would be alive. 88 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:32,120 There's always this sliver of hope that some of them would be alive. 89 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:34,840 They may be in a terrible condition, but they're alive, 90 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,080 or they would have escaped, and they will show up. 91 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,560 So she keeps this hope in her when she goes, 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,960 but she is prepared for the worst. 93 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,000 And as she's uncovering these stories, Vera is getting hardened. 94 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,440 And as she's uncovering these stories, Vera is getting hardened. 95 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,160 The torture she's hearing about, it is hardening her. 96 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,920 - We have arrested an SS lieutenant from a camp north of Berlin. 97 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,000 - Which camp? 98 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,160 - Ravensbruck. 99 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,000 - Thank you. That will be all. 100 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:12,040 - Thank you. That will be all. 101 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,920 Ravensbruck is Violette Szabo's camp. 102 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,000 Is this the stroke of luck that Vera badly needs? 103 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,720 Is this the stroke of luck that Vera badly needs? 104 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,920 SS Lieutenant Johann Schwarzhuber 105 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,000 was second in command at Ravensbruck. 106 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,720 was second in command at Ravensbruck. 107 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,280 - Schwarzhuber is a very important person 108 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,000 for Vera to be able to interview 109 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,880 for Vera to be able to interview 110 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,920 because he holds absolutely crucial information 111 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,960 about three of the women that she's looking for. 112 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,920 That she has since found out 113 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,000 were taken to Ravensbruck concentration camp. 114 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,080 - This one. 115 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,680 She had the name Violette. 116 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,200 - And? 117 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,000 What happened to her? 118 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:56,360 What happened to her? 119 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,760 - All three were taken to the crematorium building 120 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,480 of the camp. 121 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,840 And one by one... 122 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 ..they were shot. 123 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,160 - How do you know? 124 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,160 - I watched. 125 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,000 Vera now has testimony that, 126 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,280 Vera now has testimony that, 127 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,160 along with Violette, Lilian Rolfe and Denise Bloch 128 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,000 were executed at the Ravensbruck concentration camp, north of Berlin. 129 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 were executed at the Ravensbruck concentration camp, north of Berlin. 130 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,360 Vera must have been absolutely shocked 131 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:52,000 to hear this information. She would have clung onto 132 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,720 to hear this information. She would have clung onto 133 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,000 any last thread of hope that the women had survived the camp 134 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,000 as she heard of these women who she'd been so affectionate for, 135 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,640 as she heard of these women who she'd been so affectionate for, 136 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,200 who she had really travelled across Europe, and in dreadful conditions, 137 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,640 trying to find out what had happened to them. 138 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:08,000 And finally, she has the evidence 139 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,840 And finally, she has the evidence 140 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,920 that these three women were murdered. 141 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,880 Vera personally writes letters 142 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,000 for the bereaved families. Each one detailing her search 143 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,920 for the bereaved families. Each one detailing her search 144 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,680 for these spies 'missing presumed dead'. 145 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,000 Vera would have felt shocked and upset. 146 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,160 Vera would have felt shocked and upset. 147 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,840 But to some extent, I think she might have also felt relief. 148 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 She had closure on this story. 149 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:40,680 She had closure on this story. 150 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,200 And although it wasn't the end she would have wanted or hoped for, 151 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,760 she was finally able to tell the families of these three women 152 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:48,000 what had happened to them. And they were able to finally understand 153 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,280 what had happened to them. And they were able to finally understand 154 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,960 what their daughters, wives, children, had gone through 155 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,680 and what they had sacrificed for their country. 156 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,360 Each letter has to be assessed by her superiors 157 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,000 to make sure Vera doesn't give away any incriminating evidence. 158 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,920 to make sure Vera doesn't give away any incriminating evidence. 159 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,840 Vera is in a very difficult position because 160 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 the fact that there were women agents 161 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,000 the fact that there were women agents 162 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,280 is not yet common knowledge. 163 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,480 They want to keep it out of the public eye 164 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,000 because it's a very difficult thing to try and explain to families 165 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,480 because it's a very difficult thing to try and explain to families 166 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,640 and acquaintances and loved ones 167 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,240 that actually your daughter was sent into harm's way without protection. 168 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:36,000 Without the protection of the Geneva Convention or the Hague Convention. 169 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,280 Without the protection of the Geneva Convention or the Hague Convention. 170 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,480 Without the protection of the British government, effectively, 171 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,000 they were meant to be completely deniable 172 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,600 if they were captured or caught or indeed killed. 173 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:52,000 But there remain other spies who are unaccounted for. 174 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,680 But there remain other spies who are unaccounted for. 175 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:00,000 Like Noor Inayat Khan who, with two others agents, 176 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,160 Like Noor Inayat Khan who, with two others agents, 177 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,320 was last seen at the Natzweiler camp in the mountains of eastern France. 178 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,000 In a few months, the Natzweiler war crimes trial will start. 179 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,400 In a few months, the Natzweiler war crimes trial will start. 180 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:16,000 And Vera has been instructed to gather as much evidence as she can. 181 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:16,160 And Vera has been instructed to gather as much evidence as she can. 182 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,400 But she can't do it alone. 183 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:24,000 In the spring of 1946, 184 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,280 In the spring of 1946, 185 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,320 Vera travels to Gaggenau, a small town near Karlsruhe. 186 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,000 It's here she visits Major Bill Barkworth 187 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,920 at a property his SAS unit have commandeered 188 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,360 called the Villa Degler. 189 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,040 - Vera Atkins. Good to finally meet you. 190 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,000 - And you, sir. - Please. 191 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,040 - And you, sir. - Please. 192 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:03,080 Barkworth has offered Vera the chance 193 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:04,000 to get a witness statement from a former Natzweiler prisoner. 194 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,840 to get a witness statement from a former Natzweiler prisoner. 195 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,480 A man who worked as a crematorium stoker 196 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:12,000 and is currently held captive in the cellars of the villa, 197 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,640 and is currently held captive in the cellars of the villa, 198 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,480 along with other prisoners rounded up by Barkworth's Nazi hunter unit. 199 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:20,000 His name is Franz Berg. 200 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,040 His name is Franz Berg. 201 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,520 Berg's testimony is key 202 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,000 to whether Vera can get a conviction against those who ran the camp 203 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,680 to whether Vera can get a conviction against those who ran the camp 204 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,200 and may have murdered her women agents. 205 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,960 - The women to be killed by injection... 206 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:52,000 ..rather than gassing, were two English and two French women. 207 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,360 ..rather than gassing, were two English and two French women. 208 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,320 - They were brought to the cells in the crematorium building 209 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:08,000 one afternoon in...July 1944. 210 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,680 one afternoon in...July 1944. 211 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,160 - We... Me and the other prisoners, 212 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,000 see through the fanlight without standing up. 213 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:32,800 see through the fanlight without standing up. 214 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,480 We heard low voices. 215 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:47,480 We heard noises of heavy breathing and low groaning. 216 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,640 The next two women, we heard the same noises 217 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,880 and regular groans. But the fourth... 218 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,320 She resisted in the corridor. 219 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,000 I heard her say 'Why?' 220 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,760 I heard her say 'Why?' 221 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,480 Vera now has a witness statement 222 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,000 that she can use at the upcoming Natzweiler war crimes trial. 223 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,520 that she can use at the upcoming Natzweiler war crimes trial. 224 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:15,480 A testimony identifying that some of Vera's agents, including Noor, 225 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:16,000 were killed at the camp. 226 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,880 were killed at the camp. 227 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:23,080 But even with Berg's testimony, this is only one man's recollection. 228 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,000 Vera needs more evidence. 229 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,560 Vera needs more evidence. 230 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,000 Vera continues her preparation for the Natzweiler war crimes trial. 231 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,760 Vera continues her preparation for the Natzweiler war crimes trial. 232 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,560 Thanks to Barkworth, she now has Berg's testimony 233 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:40,000 and other witness statements. 234 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,600 and other witness statements. 235 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,440 But Vera lacks a critical piece of evidence 236 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,000 if she wants to convict those who ran Natzweiler. 237 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,480 if she wants to convict those who ran Natzweiler. 238 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,160 - Vera needs hard evidence. 239 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,000 If she wants to bring those perpetrators to justice, 240 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,120 If she wants to bring those perpetrators to justice, 241 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:01,720 she needs to gather enough of the hard evidence 242 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,000 that will stand up in a court of law to actually bring them to justice. 243 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,280 that will stand up in a court of law to actually bring them to justice. 244 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,080 Vera needs documentary evidence. 245 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,000 Something that ties those who ran the camp with her missing agents. 246 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,600 Something that ties those who ran the camp with her missing agents. 247 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,000 So Vera tries to find documents that show 248 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:20,720 So Vera tries to find documents that show 249 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,240 which of her agents were murdered at Natzweiler. 250 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,000 Four of her agents were sent there from Karlsruhe prison. 251 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,320 Four of her agents were sent there from Karlsruhe prison. 252 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:35,920 Surely Fraulein Becker at Karlsruhe would have kept records. 253 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,520 - I need to see your records. Now, please. 254 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,760 - We don't have any. 255 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:44,000 - I can't imagine that. 256 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,800 - I can't imagine that. 257 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,920 - The French. When they came, they destroyed everything. 258 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,000 Smashed it all up. 259 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:52,080 Smashed it all up. 260 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,040 All gone. 261 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,000 - Fraulein Becker tells Vera 262 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,640 - Fraulein Becker tells Vera 263 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,200 that all the prison documents were destroyed by the French. 264 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,800 Now that reeks of a lie. Vera must have known she was lying. 265 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:08,000 Why would the French go to a German prison 266 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,240 Why would the French go to a German prison 267 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,200 and just randomly destroy all the records? 268 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,000 But she's no way of finding out 269 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:16,920 But she's no way of finding out 270 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,240 unless Fraulein Becker tells her the truth. 271 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,760 And how is she going to get her to do that? 272 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,440 Vera chooses to visit Becker again. 273 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,880 This time with the SAS. 274 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:46,000 At Karlsruhe prison, Barkworth and Vera confront Fraulein Becker. 275 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,000 - Where are they? 276 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,480 - Where are they? 277 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,240 - Where are what? - The records! 278 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,000 - I don't know. 279 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:54,760 - I know you know. Where are they? 280 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,000 - I don't know! 281 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:56,840 - I don't know! 282 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,040 - Search everything! All of it! 283 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,000 You said the French destroyed everything. 284 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:04,840 You said the French destroyed everything. 285 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,520 - They did. - Why would they do that? 286 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,560 - I don't know! - You lie! 287 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,000 - Ma'am! 288 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:12,800 - Ma'am! 289 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,360 - What do we have here? - I don't know. 290 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,120 - The records. 291 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,640 You lie. Liar! 292 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:44,000 Vera and Barkworth go through the prison records. 293 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,200 Vera and Barkworth go through the prison records. 294 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,000 Every entry and exit from the prison is marked. 295 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Every entry and exit from the prison is marked. 296 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:58,680 Vera finds entries that on the 6th of July 1944, 297 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,000 four women agents are transferred 298 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,240 four women agents are transferred 299 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,400 from the prison at Karlsruhe 300 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,280 to the concentration camp at Natzweiler. 301 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,040 This corroborates what Berg told Vera 302 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,360 about four agents who were killed at Natzweiler. 303 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,000 Vera now has clear evidence that four women agents were murdered. 304 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,560 Vera now has clear evidence that four women agents were murdered. 305 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,600 The names are Andree Borrel, 306 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:32,000 Vera Leigh, 307 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,400 Vera Leigh, 308 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,240 Diana Rowden, 309 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,000 and Sonya Olschanesky. 310 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,120 and Sonya Olschanesky. 311 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:47,000 The fourth name, Sonia Olschanesky, is unknown to Vera. 312 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:53,080 Vera expected to see Noor's name or alias. 313 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,000 Witnesses had identified Noor 314 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:56,400 Witnesses had identified Noor 315 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,640 as travelling with this group to Natzweiler. 316 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,160 Noor was born in Moscow, 317 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,000 so a Russian-sounding alias could make sense. 318 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,560 so a Russian-sounding alias could make sense. 319 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,120 For Vera, Sonia Olschanesky's entry, 320 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,000 taken with other evidence, is actually for Noor Inayat Khan. 321 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:16,560 taken with other evidence, is actually for Noor Inayat Khan. 322 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:20,000 Vera has written evidence that four SOE women, 323 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,800 Vera has written evidence that four SOE women, 324 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,960 including Noor Inayat Khan, 325 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:28,000 are transported from Karlsruhe to Natzweiler. 326 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,440 And most likely, killed there. 327 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,520 She can now take the evidence to trial. 328 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,000 The Natzweiler war crimes trial 329 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,480 The Natzweiler war crimes trial 330 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,800 begins in Wuppertal, in the west of Germany. 331 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 - The Natzweiler trial would have been so important to Vera. 332 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,720 - The Natzweiler trial would have been so important to Vera. 333 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,040 It was her other chance to get information about the women 334 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,000 so she could provide that to the families and their close ones, 335 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:00,520 so she could provide that to the families and their close ones, 336 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,600 but also to bring these men to justice. 337 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,000 This was the most brutal execution, 338 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:08,680 This was the most brutal execution, 339 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,240 murder in fact, of these women. 340 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,200 It didn't need to be done in such a horrific manner, if at all. 341 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,000 This will be a British-led trial 342 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,640 This will be a British-led trial 343 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,240 with Nazis tried on German soil, but under international law. 344 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,960 A trial about one of the Nazis' specially hidden concentration camps 345 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,960 in the mountains of France. 346 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,280 Natzweiler isn't particularly well known. 347 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,480 But it was in microcosm 348 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,000 the system of the concentration camp set-up in Germany. 349 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:40,880 the system of the concentration camp set-up in Germany. 350 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,160 And in this case, in France. 351 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,720 It was a camp of 22,000 deaths. 352 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,000 Around 55,000 people held went through Natzweiler. 353 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,600 Around 55,000 people held went through Natzweiler. 354 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,520 So, relatively small compared to 355 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,960 some of the other concentration camps in the Reich. 356 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:56,000 But nevertheless, a system of tremendous brutality, slave labour, 357 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,680 But nevertheless, a system of tremendous brutality, slave labour, 358 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,080 medical experimentation, oppression, violence, the kapo system. 359 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,000 A terrible, terrible place. 360 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,040 A terrible, terrible place. 361 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:10,160 But before the trial starts, 362 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,000 Vera receives a blunt instruction from her new boss, Norman Mott. 363 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,680 Vera receives a blunt instruction from her new boss, Norman Mott. 364 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,000 - Vera, everything, and I mean everything, 365 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,800 - Vera, everything, and I mean everything, 366 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,640 has been done in London 367 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,320 to keep this disgusting business out of the newspapers. 368 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:28,000 I need you to ensure that the press's interest is discouraged. 369 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,600 I need you to ensure that the press's interest is discouraged. 370 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,440 Wouldn't do our reputations any good. 371 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,240 - I understand. 372 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,920 - I suggest you start 373 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,000 by getting the names of the dead withheld from the trial. 374 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,400 by getting the names of the dead withheld from the trial. 375 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,000 - Their families won't like it, Norman. 376 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,680 - Their families won't like it, Norman. 377 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,240 They want to know what happened. 378 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:00,000 - Too bad. 379 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,520 - Too bad. 380 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,120 It's a disgusting business which is best buried. 381 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,040 Have you got a match? 382 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,280 - No. 383 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,520 Shame. 384 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:24,000 The Natzweiler trial 385 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,920 The Natzweiler trial 386 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,160 would have been a troubling time for Vera. 387 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,920 Not only because of hearing the dreadful incidences 388 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,000 and details of what had happened, 389 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,120 and details of what had happened, 390 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,680 but also the SOE was still a secretive organisation. 391 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,520 People were not aware that women had been sent into the field 392 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,000 in violation of the Geneva Convention. 393 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,280 in violation of the Geneva Convention. 394 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,000 And she probably worried not only if their names got out into the press 395 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,160 And she probably worried not only if their names got out into the press 396 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,600 what had happened to them, but there were questions be start to raise 397 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,760 about who had sent them, why had they sent them, 398 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:56,000 why had this been allowed to happen. 399 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,560 why had this been allowed to happen. 400 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,520 After four days of hearings, 401 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,000 the verdicts are delivered to the accused. 402 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,680 the verdicts are delivered to the accused. 403 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,600 Werner Rhode, the medical officer who injected the women, 404 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,000 is given a death sentence. 405 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:20,160 is given a death sentence. 406 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,960 Peter Straub, SS officer in charge of the executions, 407 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:35,040 is given 13 years in prison. 408 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,000 Later that year, he is given a death sentence. 409 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,880 Later that year, he is given a death sentence. 410 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,520 Fritz Hartjenstein, the Kommandant of Natzweiler, 411 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:44,000 is imprisoned for life. 412 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,480 is imprisoned for life. 413 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,800 The verdict of the Natzweiler trial 414 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,000 was that the three men who were on trial 415 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:52,200 was that the three men who were on trial 416 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:56,000 for the murder of these SOE women were all found guilty. 417 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,240 So in some respects, that's a very positive outcome. 418 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:00,000 She had proved that this murder was unlawful, 419 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,080 She had proved that this murder was unlawful, 420 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,600 this execution, as they called it. 421 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,840 But then the sentences may have been a bittersweet moment. 422 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,200 Did Vera want an eye for an eye at this point? 423 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:14,000 Did she want to see these men suffer and pay the ultimate price? 424 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,000 Or was she just happy to have received the guilty verdict? 425 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,760 Or was she just happy to have received the guilty verdict? 426 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,000 She was a very straightforward woman, 427 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,200 and I think she would have been just pleased 428 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,000 to have seen these men go down for what they'd done. 429 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,840 to have seen these men go down for what they'd done. 430 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,480 Vera secures the agreement of the court 431 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,000 that the names of the dead be withheld from publication. 432 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,240 that the names of the dead be withheld from publication. 433 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,880 Thanks to Vera's work, the trial fails to create 434 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,000 Mott's much feared newspaper sensation. 435 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,080 Mott's much feared newspaper sensation. 436 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,560 Vera's role in the affair remains out of the public eye. 437 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:48,000 For now. 438 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,720 For now. 439 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,080 Vera turns her attention to her final three women spies 440 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,000 from Karlsruhe who are unaccounted for. 441 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:04,680 from Karlsruhe who are unaccounted for. 442 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,480 Yolande Beekman, Elaine Plewman, 443 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,000 and Madeleine Damerment. 444 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:12,160 and Madeleine Damerment. 445 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,480 Vera comes across an interrogation statement, 446 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,000 taken by American investigators, 447 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,280 taken by American investigators, 448 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,120 of Gestapo soldiers stationed in the town of Karlsruhe. 449 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,000 One soldier, Max Wassmer, recalls transporting women prisoners 450 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,960 One soldier, Max Wassmer, recalls transporting women prisoners 451 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:43,160 from Karlsruhe to Dachau concentration camp. 452 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,000 The ranks of three of the women 453 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,920 match those of Vera's unaccounted agents. 454 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,440 And Wassmer's detailed description of one woman 455 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,000 matches Madeleine Damerment. 456 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,280 At Dachau, Wassmer reportedly tells his colleagues 457 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,000 that he pronounced the death sentence on the women. 458 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:08,920 that he pronounced the death sentence on the women. 459 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,360 And that they were then killed. 460 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:16,000 But can Vera be sure? 461 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,720 But can Vera be sure? 462 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,160 Other Gestapo soldiers claim there were four women, 463 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,000 not three, like Wassmer says. 464 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 not three, like Wassmer says. 465 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,320 They also claim that one of the women 466 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,000 came from a completely different prison called Pforzheim, 467 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,360 not Karlsruhe, as Wassmer states. 468 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,880 - One of the problems that Vera has, and indeed all of the people 469 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,000 involved in the war crimes trials have, 470 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,160 involved in the war crimes trials have, 471 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,360 is the veracity of the witnesses. 472 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,000 Because when she got testimony or drawings 473 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,000 or verification from her own side, her own agents, 474 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,480 or verification from her own side, her own agents, 475 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,720 or people who were also in the camps, 476 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,000 and said they saw three women or four women 477 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,000 and said they saw three women or four women 478 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,440 who came into the camp, she can believe them. 479 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,600 They may not remember everything, 480 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,960 but at least she knows that they're being honest. 481 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,720 But when you're relying on the testimony of an SS officer 482 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,360 or a kapo who's worked in the camp, 483 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,000 they're also self-interested, they also want to exonerate themselves. 484 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:12,880 they're also self-interested, they also want to exonerate themselves. 485 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,600 And so it's very difficult often to know if they're telling the truth. 486 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,080 And so, even though she gets the Wassmer testimony 487 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,000 and she thinks she's got some solid information 488 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,120 and she thinks she's got some solid information 489 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,320 about what's happened to her final three agents, 490 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,200 she can't really be sure. Particularly when then she gets 491 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:28,000 contradictory evidence. 492 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,120 contradictory evidence. 493 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,320 Can Vera trust Wassmer's testimony in the report? 494 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,000 Vera has to find Wassmer and interrogate him herself. 495 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,240 Vera has to find Wassmer and interrogate him herself. 496 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:52,000 After months of searching, Vera tracks Wassmer down 497 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:52,200 After months of searching, Vera tracks Wassmer down 498 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:54,960 to internment camp number 74 499 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:57,720 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. 500 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,440 - Vera is the only one who knows all three SOE agents. 501 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,600 She knows them intimately. 502 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,000 And Max Wassmer says that he thinks he's identified them. 503 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,880 And Max Wassmer says that he thinks he's identified them. 504 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,560 Now, this is a huge big deal because Vera can actually get the man 505 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,000 in front of her and determine whether these women 506 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:16,800 in front of her and determine whether these women 507 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,760 were different women or were her agents. 508 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,960 And, you know, being there and able to speak to somebody about it, 509 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,000 where you know if you show somebody a photograph, 510 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,480 where you know if you show somebody a photograph, 511 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,720 you know when they go 'That's definitely the person' 512 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,200 or 'I think that's the person.' And it's all to do with intonation. 513 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,000 It's all to do with being in the same room as someone. 514 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,040 It's all to do with being in the same room as someone. 515 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,960 So for Vera, being in the same room as Max Wassmer 516 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:39,600 is really important so that she can interrogate him. 517 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,400 - Your name is Max Wassmer. Correct? 518 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,240 - Yes. 519 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:54,360 - You transported women from Karlsruhe prison to Dachau. Correct? 520 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,000 - Yes. 521 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:12,560 - Yes. 522 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,040 - And then you watched as they were shot. Correct? 523 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,120 - No. 524 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,800 I handed them over to the guards. 525 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,960 - This report clearly states 526 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,880 that witnesses saw you take the women to be shot. 527 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,360 - Well, I was there, yes. 528 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,440 I wasn't...present at the end. 529 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,000 The guards took the women in, not me. 530 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:44,520 The guards took the women in, not me. 531 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,680 We just... We just did transport. 532 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:52,000 - Then how did others know that four women were killed? 533 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,160 - Then how did others know that four women were killed? 534 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,000 - Three. - The report says four women. 535 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:00,320 - Three. - The report says four women. 536 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,240 - It was three. 537 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,480 - How can you be so sure? 538 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,000 - Because they gave me a receipt. 539 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:08,880 - Because they gave me a receipt. 540 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,480 - A what? 541 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:16,000 - The next day, guards gave me a receipt 542 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,640 - The next day, guards gave me a receipt 543 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,320 for three women spies shot dead. 544 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,000 We needed it for book-keeping back at Karlsruhe. 545 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,880 We needed it for book-keeping back at Karlsruhe. 546 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:32,000 Shall I describe them for you? 547 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,520 Shall I describe them for you? 548 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,000 Three women. 549 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:40,320 Three women. 550 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,720 Wassmer provides descriptions of three women 551 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,400 transferred from Karlsruhe to Dachau 552 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,000 that match Vera's records of three SOE women. 553 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,440 that match Vera's records of three SOE women. 554 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,600 Vera has sufficient proof that her SOE agents, 555 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,000 Yolande Beekman, Eliane Plewman, and Madeleine Damerment, 556 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,800 Yolande Beekman, Eliane Plewman, and Madeleine Damerment, 557 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,960 are killed at Dachau. 558 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,160 Vera, after interviewing Max Wassmer, 559 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,800 now has everybody accounted for. 560 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,000 She knows exactly where all of her agents ended up. 561 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,480 She knows exactly where all of her agents ended up. 562 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,320 And there must have been a sort of wonderful sense of completion, 563 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,880 but also this sort of tragic pang 564 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:20,000 of knowing that there's nobody left to be saved. 565 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,200 of knowing that there's nobody left to be saved. 566 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,560 And just the horrific nature of their deaths. 567 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,720 It must have been absolutely awful. 568 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,000 Vera now believes she has sufficient evidence 569 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:36,960 Vera now believes she has sufficient evidence 570 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:43,000 to account for every one of her lost women spies, alive or dead. 571 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:50,720 She writes up a report for London, closing the case. 572 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,000 Of the 39 women Vera sent to war, 573 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,160 Of the 39 women Vera sent to war, 574 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,720 27 returned alive. 575 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,000 Many after sustained torture. 576 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,360 Many after sustained torture. 577 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,000 Twelve lose their lives at the hands of the Nazis. 578 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,600 Twelve lose their lives at the hands of the Nazis. 579 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:20,920 She encloses draft letters to be sent to the women's next of kin. 580 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,000 Details of their names to be completed in London. 581 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,400 Details of their names to be completed in London. 582 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,640 "It is with deepest regret that I have to inform you 583 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,000 that your daughter was killed 584 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:32,960 that your daughter was killed 585 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:37,320 in the early hours of the 13th of September 1944 586 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,960 in the camp of Dachau. 587 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,000 According to what is believed to be a reliable report, 588 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:47,560 she was shot through the back of the head, and death was immediate. 589 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:48,000 The body was cremated in the camp crematorium." 590 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,000 The body was cremated in the camp crematorium." 591 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,000 Vera does succeed in discovering the fate 592 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:56,400 Vera does succeed in discovering the fate 593 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,280 of the 12 missing women agents. 594 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,440 And in that sense, there is closure for her. 595 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,000 She has succeeded in discovering what's happened to all of them. 596 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,640 She has succeeded in discovering what's happened to all of them. 597 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,800 But also, it means that she can write to the families 598 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,000 and personally tell them what's happened. 599 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,760 and personally tell them what's happened. 600 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,720 And she carries that for the rest of her life. 601 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,000 What you find later in life 602 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,000 is some of the children of the agents who died in action 603 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,960 is some of the children of the agents who died in action 604 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,160 actually seek her out. They travel from across the world 605 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,000 because she's the one tangible physical link with those agents. 606 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,120 because she's the one tangible physical link with those agents. 607 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,600 And so she assumes a really important role, 608 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:36,000 not only immediately after investigations, 609 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,560 not only immediately after investigations, 610 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,760 but for the rest of her life. 611 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,000 She's the one that carries their memory. 612 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:44,560 She's the one that carries their memory. 613 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:52,000 Vera has finally uncovered the fate of her missing women 614 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:52,360 Vera has finally uncovered the fate of her missing women 615 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,520 and prepares to leave Germany. 616 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:00,000 With this part of her mission over, Vera will return to England. 617 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:04,680 With this part of her mission over, Vera will return to England. 618 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,000 Now she must answer the hardest question. 619 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,320 How did it all go so wrong? 620 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:37,800 Vera must now uncover why so many of her agents were captured. 621 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,000 And how the Nazi intelligence service 622 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:40,840 And how the Nazi intelligence service 623 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,800 seemed to infiltrate SOE's agent networks so successfully. 624 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:47,960 When Vera returns to England, 625 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,480 there's a niggling doubt in her mind 626 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,600 that perhaps they have been betrayed. 627 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,760 She has been betrayed. 628 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:56,000 Perhaps there was a spy within the SOE. 629 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,800 Perhaps there was a spy within the SOE. 630 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,640 Perhaps there was somebody betraying them all, all along. 631 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:09,080 And the most terrifying fear starts to take hold of her. 632 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,000 That somebody very close to her, 633 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,000 somebody who she has to have worked with at SOE itself, 634 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,200 somebody who she has to have worked with at SOE itself, 635 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,360 might have actually betrayed her. 636 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,640 And she has to start thinking, 637 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,000 did I send these agents out to their deaths? 638 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,960 did I send these agents out to their deaths? 639 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,840 Were they being parachuted to or flown to 640 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000 the waiting arms of treachery? 641 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:28,400 the waiting arms of treachery? 642 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,480 The man who is key to this 643 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,000 is the head of Nazi security in France, Hans Kieffer, 644 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:36,600 is the head of Nazi security in France, Hans Kieffer, 645 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,760 who is hiding somewhere in Germany. 646 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000 Find Kieffer and you find the traitor. 647 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,680 Find Kieffer and you find the traitor. 648 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,000 Vera passes a tip to her friend, SAS Major Bill Barkworth, 649 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,840 Vera passes a tip to her friend, SAS Major Bill Barkworth, 650 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:07,280 that Kieffer might be hiding in his hometown of Garmisch in Bavaria. 651 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:16,000 With Kieffer on the run, Vera turns to another leading Nazi 652 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:16,040 With Kieffer on the run, Vera turns to another leading Nazi 653 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,720 to try and uncover how the Germans captured her women agents. 654 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,000 He is the man who masterminded 655 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,280 He is the man who masterminded 656 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,840 the Nazi radio operation in northern France. 657 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:32,000 Dr Josef Goetz. 658 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,960 Dr Josef Goetz. 659 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:40,000 Goetz worked as one of Kieffer's lead counter intelligence officers. 660 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,280 Goetz worked as one of Kieffer's lead counter intelligence officers. 661 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,000 - Dr Goetz worked in Avenue Foch 662 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,840 - Dr Goetz worked in Avenue Foch 663 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,360 in the Sicherheitsdienst headquarters in Paris. 664 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,040 And he's an underling of SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Kieffer 665 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,000 from the Sicherheitsdienst. 666 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,320 from the Sicherheitsdienst. 667 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:02,520 And his job is effectively to engage in counter espionage. 668 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,000 To collect the evidence, letters, documents from enemy agents, 669 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,320 To collect the evidence, letters, documents from enemy agents, 670 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,480 and keep them, analyse them. 671 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,000 And then give that information back to Kieffer 672 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:12,200 And then give that information back to Kieffer 673 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,360 and inform him about what the agents are up to. 674 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,440 There is one thing Goetz is especially good at, 675 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,000 which is fooling the British with fake radio transmissions. 676 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,680 which is fooling the British with fake radio transmissions. 677 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:28,000 London was oblivious that agents had been captured. 678 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,160 London was oblivious that agents had been captured. 679 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:35,840 And that Goetz was using information tortured out of them 680 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,280 to trick SOE into revealing intelligence 681 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,520 about the agents' circuits. 682 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,000 - It's basically a game that they were playing with the British 683 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,000 - It's basically a game that they were playing with the British 684 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,760 by sending them false messages 685 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,960 through their own wireless transmitters. 686 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,000 So when you'd capture an agent, it'd be taken back to Avenue Foch 687 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,360 So when you'd capture an agent, it'd be taken back to Avenue Foch 688 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,320 and they'd be interrogated and their actual transmitter was kept. 689 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,000 So that that meant that when they gave them the right codes, 690 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,320 So that that meant that when they gave them the right codes, 691 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,520 they could then give false messages back to London 692 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,000 and get them to do all sorts of things that they wanted to. 693 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:08,280 and get them to do all sorts of things that they wanted to. 694 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,120 Make them think that agents are still OK and hadn't been detained, 695 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:15,160 or indeed give them false messages about what was happening in the war 696 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:16,000 that would get passed up the chain to Winston Churchill 697 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,760 that would get passed up the chain to Winston Churchill 698 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,160 and affect the war. 699 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,560 Goetz is one of thousands 700 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,000 of suspected war criminals arrested after the war. 701 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,360 of suspected war criminals arrested after the war. 702 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:31,560 But when it is discovered that he is the radio mastermind at Avenue Foch, 703 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:32,000 he is sent to England for further interrogation. 704 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,040 he is sent to England for further interrogation. 705 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,880 - Funkspiel. 706 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,000 That's what we called it. The radio game. 707 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,720 That's what we called it. The radio game. 708 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,960 London was very bad at it. 709 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,000 We would impersonate one of your agents. 710 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,600 We would impersonate one of your agents. 711 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:55,520 Ask questions. And London would give us the answer. 712 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:56,000 With a... little slap on the wrist. 713 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,320 With a... little slap on the wrist. 714 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,480 "Please use your security code next time." 715 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,000 London was a joke. 716 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,600 London was a joke. 717 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,440 When the agents we captured knew how much we knew already... 718 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,000 Well, they simply gave up. 719 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,560 Well, they simply gave up. 720 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:27,000 - What did you do once the agents were caught? 721 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,240 - We...interrogated them. 722 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,040 For more personal information. 723 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,840 - More? 724 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:44,000 - Kieffer told your agents that we knew all their secrets already. 725 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:44,240 - Kieffer told your agents that we knew all their secrets already. 726 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,880 And if they wanted to live... 727 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:52,000 Well, they'd have to... collaborate with him. 728 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,120 Well, they'd have to... collaborate with him. 729 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,880 - How did Kieffer know so much? 730 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,000 Personal information was never shared by radio. 731 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,520 Personal information was never shared by radio. 732 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,480 - No, not by radio. 733 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,000 - The only personal information was sent by - 734 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,280 - The only personal information was sent by - 735 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,640 - By...mail. 736 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,000 Goetz reveals that Kieffer somehow gets access 737 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:24,160 Goetz reveals that Kieffer somehow gets access 738 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,560 to personal letters that Vera's agents send from France 739 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:31,400 back home to England. 740 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:40,000 Uncoded letters full of private information. 741 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:40,840 Uncoded letters full of private information. 742 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,640 Vera discovers that Kieffer has actually had access 743 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,000 to all of the mail from the agents. 744 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,960 to all of the mail from the agents. 745 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,320 So they didn't have a chance. 746 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,480 When the agents are dropped into France, 747 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,000 the Germans know exactly who's coming and when. 748 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:56,720 the Germans know exactly who's coming and when. 749 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,200 And that realisation 750 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,520 that the Germans were reading all the agents' mail 751 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:04,000 must have been such a shocking revelation to Vera. 752 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,000 must have been such a shocking revelation to Vera. 753 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,520 And then it leads to the next question. 754 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,000 Who had betrayed them? 755 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:12,760 Who had betrayed them? 756 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,760 - How did Kieffer get the mail? 757 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:25,040 - Kieffer told me that he got it from Gilbert. 758 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:39,960 Yes. 759 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,840 I believe that's him. 760 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,120 Gilbert is the codename for 761 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,760 French agent Henri Dericourt. 762 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,000 - How lovely to see you. - Likewise. 763 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:00,720 - How lovely to see you. - Likewise. 764 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:04,560 The man SOE had trusted with the safety of their agents 765 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,800 appears to be a traitor. 766 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,800 Dericourt had already been recalled to London 767 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,120 by Buckmaster and Bodington 768 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,000 after allegations of collaborating with the Nazis. 769 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,240 after allegations of collaborating with the Nazis. 770 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,680 Dericourt pleaded his innocence, and after an investigation... 771 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,000 - Don't worry, Dericourt. We'll clear this whole sorry business up. 772 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,640 - Don't worry, Dericourt. We'll clear this whole sorry business up. 773 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,400 - Thanks. 774 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,520 ..he is cleared. 775 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:32,000 - Vera is put in a position where she either believes a Nazi 776 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,840 - Vera is put in a position where she either believes a Nazi 777 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,960 or a possible double agent. 778 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,000 Henri Dericourt is in the heart of the SOE. 779 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,000 Henri Dericourt is in the heart of the SOE. 780 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,200 He is one of their own. 781 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,080 This is a man that she hands over her agents to. 782 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,000 How could she possibly believe that he could be a double agent? 783 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,920 How could she possibly believe that he could be a double agent? 784 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,840 He was cleared. I mean, surely everybody knows him. 785 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,000 But how did the Nazis know so much? How is it possible? 786 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,440 But how did the Nazis know so much? How is it possible? 787 00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,880 And here is Goetz saying, 788 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,360 'Well, you know this. I'm telling you the truth.' 789 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:04,000 And it must have been such a worm in her mind. 790 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,760 And it must have been such a worm in her mind. 791 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,560 Was Dericourt a spy, a double agent? 792 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:12,000 So who is telling the truth? 793 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,120 So who is telling the truth? 794 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,360 Dericourt? 795 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,520 Or Goetz? 796 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:20,000 One of the problems with trying to tease out a spy 797 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,320 One of the problems with trying to tease out a spy 798 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,720 is that you have to trust people that you don't trust. 799 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,000 And in this case, she's talking to people like Dr Goetz 800 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:28,440 And in this case, she's talking to people like Dr Goetz 801 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:33,800 from the SD, and it's in his vested interest, and has been for years, 802 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,000 to play cat and mouse games with the SOE and with people like Vera. 803 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,960 to play cat and mouse games with the SOE and with people like Vera. 804 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,680 And so she has to decide 'Well, can I trust somebody like Dr Goetz?' 805 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,000 So these doubts are also in her mind. 806 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,920 So these doubts are also in her mind. 807 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,760 What does she really know? 808 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,320 The only way for Vera to be sure 809 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,480 is to find the mastermind 810 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:00,000 for all Nazi intelligence in northern France. 811 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,560 for all Nazi intelligence in northern France. 812 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:04,480 Hans Kieffer. 813 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,000 A man who is on the run, hiding somewhere in Germany. 814 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,760 A man who is on the run, hiding somewhere in Germany. 815 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,280 But all of Vera's work comes into question 816 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:24,000 when she receives a letter forwarded by her superior, Norman Mott. 817 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:28,240 when she receives a letter forwarded by her superior, Norman Mott. 818 00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,000 The letter is written by Yolande Lagrave, 819 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,880 The letter is written by Yolande Lagrave, 820 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,080 a member of the French Resistance. 821 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,000 Lagrave writes that in June 1943, 822 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,960 Lagrave writes that in June 1943, 823 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:47,400 she was arrested by the Gestapo and transferred to Pforzheim prison. 824 00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:55,960 "I was able to correspond with an English parachutist 825 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,120 who was locked up there also. 826 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,120 She was very unhappy. 827 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,640 Her hands and feet were chained. 828 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:04,000 And she was never allowed out. 829 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:05,800 And she was never allowed out. 830 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,840 I heard the blows which she received from the prison guards. 831 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,000 She was taken away from Pforzheim 832 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:12,320 She was taken away from Pforzheim 833 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,000 in September 1944. 834 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,840 Before she left, she had been able to send me 835 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,000 not her name, because it was too dangerous, but her alias. 836 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,640 not her name, because it was too dangerous, but her alias. 837 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,240 And she also wrote down her address for me. 838 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,040 It was this. 839 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,000 Nora Baker. Radio Centre Officers Service, RAF. 840 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,720 Nora Baker. Radio Centre Officers Service, RAF. 841 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:31,960 4 Taviston Street, London. 842 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:36,000 I kept the address on a piece of paper sewn into my hem." 843 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:36,040 I kept the address on a piece of paper sewn into my hem." 844 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:42,960 Noor Inayat Khan had been recruited as a wireless operator 845 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:44,000 from the WAAF, the women's division of the RAF. 846 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,640 from the WAAF, the women's division of the RAF. 847 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:52,000 4 Taviston Street, London, had once been her family's home 848 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:52,960 4 Taviston Street, London, had once been her family's home 849 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:57,240 and Nora Baker had once been her alias. 850 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,840 Vera believes the prisoner Lagrave writes about is Noor. 851 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,000 And if Noor had been held at Pforzheim until September 1944, 852 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,880 And if Noor had been held at Pforzheim until September 1944, 853 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,400 then there is no way she could have been 854 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,000 one of the four women killed at Natzweiler in July 1944. 855 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,840 one of the four women killed at Natzweiler in July 1944. 856 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,600 - When Vera learns about Noor's fate, 857 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,000 and the fact that she's gone to Pforzheim, 858 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:32,760 and the fact that she's gone to Pforzheim, 859 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,920 it's such a mix of emotions. 860 00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:39,600 She's written to the family that Noor has been killed in Natzweiler. 861 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:40,000 She has internalised that now, dealt with that. 862 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,800 She has internalised that now, dealt with that. 863 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,640 There's been some closure. 864 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,800 And now this has opened up something else. 865 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:48,000 Could Noor be alive? Did she manage to get out? What happened to her? 866 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,600 Could Noor be alive? Did she manage to get out? What happened to her? 867 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:55,320 So she's in a space where now she has to find out the final journey. 868 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:56,000 She has to find out if she escaped. There is a sliver of hope. 869 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,640 She has to find out if she escaped. There is a sliver of hope. 870 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,440 But also, what could have happened to Noor? 871 00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:04,000 So what did happen to Noor? 872 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:04,400 So what did happen to Noor? 873 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:10,320 If she wasn't killed at Natzweiler, could Noor still be alive? 874 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,000 Vera has to uncover the truth. 875 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,680 Vera has to uncover the truth. 876 00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:59,080 Subtitles by Sky Access Services