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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,132 --> 00:00:03,568 male narrator: Previously on "Hunting Hitler"... 2 00:00:03,612 --> 00:00:06,876 - Bormann's headquarters, Tangier, Morocco. 3 00:00:06,919 --> 00:00:10,140 Bormann goes to Tangier to set up the Fourth Reich. 4 00:00:10,184 --> 00:00:13,013 [suspenseful music] 5 00:00:13,056 --> 00:00:16,625 - [speaking foreign language] 6 00:00:16,668 --> 00:00:19,976 - This has all the markings of a military command center. 7 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:24,763 - If Hitler is gonna come back, weapons are absolutely crucial. 8 00:00:24,807 --> 00:00:27,331 - In Buenos Aires, Mandel's bicycle 9 00:00:27,375 --> 00:00:28,985 and plastic plants 10 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,727 began to produce machine guns, airplanes, 11 00:00:31,770 --> 00:00:33,337 bullets, and bombs. 12 00:00:33,381 --> 00:00:35,296 [electronic beeping] 13 00:00:35,339 --> 00:00:38,168 - I have explosives detected. - It's detected TNT, Tim. 14 00:00:38,212 --> 00:00:39,952 - Yeah. 15 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:41,693 - After the end of the Second World War, 16 00:00:41,737 --> 00:00:45,088 there was a meeting between Juan Perón, 17 00:00:45,132 --> 00:00:47,090 the president of Argentina, 18 00:00:47,134 --> 00:00:49,527 and Martin Bormann in Buenos Aires. 19 00:00:49,571 --> 00:00:52,878 - The deeper we get into a Fourth Reich in Argentina, 20 00:00:52,922 --> 00:00:54,097 the more I'm convinced. 21 00:00:54,141 --> 00:00:59,842 ♪ 22 00:00:59,885 --> 00:01:01,278 Look, what we got is a secret 23 00:01:01,322 --> 00:01:05,152 Nazi headquarters in Tangier, Morocco. 24 00:01:05,195 --> 00:01:08,677 It's connected to Bormann, who was Hitler's right-hand man. 25 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,594 We've got a munitions factory in Argentina, 26 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:14,509 which we've now established 27 00:01:14,552 --> 00:01:17,599 there was government support for the Nazis, 28 00:01:17,642 --> 00:01:21,168 and we've got 10,000 Nazis fleeing Europe, 29 00:01:21,211 --> 00:01:23,170 heading for South America. 30 00:01:23,213 --> 00:01:25,476 I mean, these pieces are telling a story 31 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,392 that's changing history. 32 00:01:28,436 --> 00:01:31,526 narrator: CIA veteran Bob Baer and war crimes investigator 33 00:01:31,569 --> 00:01:33,267 Dr. John Cencich 34 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:36,574 are overseeing a dual-pronged investigation. 35 00:01:36,618 --> 00:01:38,446 While the team in Tangier, Morocco, 36 00:01:38,489 --> 00:01:41,144 has uncovered a possible Nazi headquarters 37 00:01:41,188 --> 00:01:44,408 where a declassified MI6 file reports Martin Bormann 38 00:01:44,452 --> 00:01:47,498 organizing the Fourth Reich, 39 00:01:47,542 --> 00:01:50,197 the team in Buenos Aires, Argentina has discovered 40 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:55,158 a munitions factory with Nazi ties operating after the war. 41 00:01:55,202 --> 00:01:57,160 - The deeper we get into this, 42 00:01:57,204 --> 00:01:59,815 it's looking like these people truly 43 00:01:59,858 --> 00:02:01,773 believed that they were gonna arm, 44 00:02:01,817 --> 00:02:04,428 establish the Fourth Reich, 45 00:02:04,472 --> 00:02:06,169 and they were gonna win this time. 46 00:02:06,213 --> 00:02:09,825 The evidence is out there. They were planning something, 47 00:02:09,868 --> 00:02:14,177 but they weren't going to simply re-arm in Argentina 48 00:02:14,221 --> 00:02:17,702 and drive a tank division all over South America. 49 00:02:17,746 --> 00:02:21,663 The only way that they were ever going to make this happen 50 00:02:21,706 --> 00:02:24,666 is some sort of weapon of mass destruction. 51 00:02:24,709 --> 00:02:26,624 And this has always been the dream of dictators; 52 00:02:26,668 --> 00:02:29,758 it's always been the dream of countries that have failed. 53 00:02:29,801 --> 00:02:32,064 So there's no reason to believe that the Nazis 54 00:02:32,108 --> 00:02:35,067 would not entertain fantasies like this. 55 00:02:35,111 --> 00:02:37,461 Attacks with weapons of mass destruction 56 00:02:37,505 --> 00:02:39,028 do change the game. 57 00:02:39,071 --> 00:02:41,204 After the utter defeat of Germany, 58 00:02:41,248 --> 00:02:46,514 the only way for Hitler to come back was a giant weapon. 59 00:02:46,557 --> 00:02:47,863 - You need to take a look at this. 60 00:02:47,906 --> 00:02:50,257 ♪ 61 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:53,521 This is a map of Manhattan. 62 00:02:53,564 --> 00:02:57,351 This map came from the internal files 63 00:02:57,394 --> 00:03:01,268 of an engineer in the Nazi Luftwaffe, 64 00:03:01,311 --> 00:03:03,270 the Air Force. 65 00:03:03,313 --> 00:03:05,010 It depicts a plan developed 66 00:03:05,054 --> 00:03:08,927 in 1944 to bomb the United States, 67 00:03:08,971 --> 00:03:11,452 and more specifically, Manhattan Island. 68 00:03:11,495 --> 00:03:14,019 [dramatic music] 69 00:03:14,063 --> 00:03:17,632 - This is chilling. I mean, they had a plan 70 00:03:17,675 --> 00:03:20,896 for mass destruction in the United States, 71 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:23,246 using a weapon with a kill radius 72 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:25,248 which would have taken out a Manhattan. 73 00:03:25,292 --> 00:03:26,815 ♪ 74 00:03:26,858 --> 00:03:28,251 - That's a scary thought. 75 00:03:28,295 --> 00:03:29,818 If Hitler lived, 76 00:03:29,861 --> 00:03:32,299 one of his principle targets 77 00:03:32,342 --> 00:03:34,518 would have been New York City. 78 00:03:34,562 --> 00:03:37,304 By attacking New York City, it strikes 79 00:03:37,347 --> 00:03:39,741 at the heart of Americans, 80 00:03:39,784 --> 00:03:42,700 it strikes at the heart of the free world all over. 81 00:03:42,744 --> 00:03:45,921 - I guarantee you that even after the war, 82 00:03:45,964 --> 00:03:49,577 they were all the more motivated to hit Manhattan 83 00:03:49,620 --> 00:03:52,536 'cause that was their only hope of ever coming back, 84 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:56,366 and somebody told Hitler that this was doable. 85 00:03:56,410 --> 00:03:58,281 - If we know how close the Nazis 86 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:02,981 actually got toward having a workable nuclear weapon 87 00:04:03,025 --> 00:04:07,072 during the war, then that brings in an entirely different 88 00:04:07,116 --> 00:04:11,033 perspective on the Fourth Reich's actual operational 89 00:04:11,076 --> 00:04:12,817 capacity after the war. 90 00:04:12,861 --> 00:04:14,471 - I totally agree. 91 00:04:14,515 --> 00:04:16,734 Now, what we have to do now is dig into the database 92 00:04:16,778 --> 00:04:18,693 and see how far the Nazis got. 93 00:04:18,736 --> 00:04:20,434 Could they have made one? 94 00:04:20,477 --> 00:04:22,262 - All right, let's see what we've got here. 95 00:04:22,305 --> 00:04:24,568 Region is Germany. 96 00:04:24,612 --> 00:04:25,787 Nuclear. 97 00:04:25,830 --> 00:04:29,007 ♪ 98 00:04:29,051 --> 00:04:33,055 All right, here is a document from the District Council 99 00:04:33,098 --> 00:04:35,449 in Thuringia, Germany. 100 00:04:35,492 --> 00:04:39,017 It's a deposition of Clare Werner, 101 00:04:39,061 --> 00:04:44,022 and it goes on to say that on March 4, 1945, 102 00:04:44,066 --> 00:04:46,329 "a Wehrmacht officer told me 103 00:04:46,373 --> 00:04:49,941 "that today world history would be rewritten. 104 00:04:49,985 --> 00:04:52,204 "I was at my window to look over 105 00:04:52,248 --> 00:04:54,772 "the military training ground in the evening. 106 00:04:54,816 --> 00:04:56,818 "There was suddenly a brightness 107 00:04:56,861 --> 00:04:58,472 like hundreds of bolts of lightning." 108 00:04:58,515 --> 00:05:00,343 ♪ 109 00:05:00,387 --> 00:05:03,215 "So bright that you could read a newspaper. 110 00:05:03,259 --> 00:05:06,871 "Afterwards, there was a very powerful wind. 111 00:05:06,915 --> 00:05:10,571 "Later I had, like many residents in the area, 112 00:05:10,614 --> 00:05:12,921 "nosebleeds, headaches, 113 00:05:12,964 --> 00:05:15,402 and pressure in the ears." 114 00:05:15,445 --> 00:05:19,231 - This woman is living next to a base in Thuringia. 115 00:05:19,275 --> 00:05:20,624 ♪ 116 00:05:20,668 --> 00:05:22,539 She's standing at her window, 117 00:05:22,583 --> 00:05:27,588 and there's this explosion which fits a nuclear bomb. 118 00:05:27,631 --> 00:05:30,547 Exactly fits one. 119 00:05:30,591 --> 00:05:34,246 - If we want to know what was going on during the war, 120 00:05:34,290 --> 00:05:38,033 we need to send the team to Thuringia. 121 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:40,209 - And I guarantee you, if you can make a bomb 122 00:05:40,252 --> 00:05:42,907 and set it off in Thuringia, 123 00:05:42,951 --> 00:05:45,910 you could easily transport the same technology 124 00:05:45,954 --> 00:05:49,087 or the bomb itself to Argentina after the war. 125 00:05:49,131 --> 00:05:51,829 - Let's see what we can find in Thuringia. 126 00:05:51,873 --> 00:05:53,396 That's the big story. 127 00:05:53,440 --> 00:06:00,360 ♪ 128 00:06:05,147 --> 00:06:07,845 - Well, this is an absolutely amazing place. 129 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:11,066 - So I wonder which window 130 00:06:11,109 --> 00:06:12,763 was Clare Werner looking from. 131 00:06:12,807 --> 00:06:14,199 ♪ 132 00:06:14,243 --> 00:06:15,679 narrator: In Thuringia, Germany, 133 00:06:15,723 --> 00:06:17,899 World War II historian James Holland 134 00:06:17,942 --> 00:06:20,728 and Third Reich expert Sascha Keil arrive 135 00:06:20,771 --> 00:06:22,686 at the outskirts of a former Nazi 136 00:06:22,730 --> 00:06:25,428 training base in the location that Clare Werner 137 00:06:25,472 --> 00:06:29,214 claimed to have witnessed an explosion from her window. 138 00:06:29,258 --> 00:06:32,479 - Now, this is the room. - Thank you. 139 00:06:32,522 --> 00:06:34,742 ♪ 140 00:06:34,785 --> 00:06:35,656 Gosh, look at this. 141 00:06:39,747 --> 00:06:42,967 - Suddenly you see this huge flash of light 142 00:06:43,011 --> 00:06:44,752 that lights up the room so much 143 00:06:44,795 --> 00:06:47,885 that you could read a newspaper from it. 144 00:06:47,929 --> 00:06:50,366 That would seem apocalyptic. 145 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,455 When you're thinking of the Second World War bombs, 146 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:55,415 you're thinking of huge eruptions of debris, 147 00:06:55,458 --> 00:06:57,721 and grit, and suddenly lots of smoke. 148 00:06:57,765 --> 00:07:00,855 But you're not expecting blinding flash of light 149 00:07:00,898 --> 00:07:02,813 and mushroom clouds. 150 00:07:02,857 --> 00:07:05,642 So we need to find out what was going on here in Thuringia. 151 00:07:12,388 --> 00:07:16,958 This one is from 1944, and this one, one year later. 152 00:07:17,001 --> 00:07:20,396 - Looking at it, you can see the blast damage, 153 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:21,963 this dark area here, 154 00:07:22,006 --> 00:07:25,270 the sense of spread, kind of pushing out. 155 00:07:25,314 --> 00:07:28,796 In the 1944 picture, the area in question is nice and clear, 156 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:31,102 the one that follows a year later, 157 00:07:31,146 --> 00:07:34,279 there's a blast that's spread out from a kind of epicenter. 158 00:07:34,323 --> 00:07:36,934 So where is that blast area? 159 00:07:36,978 --> 00:07:38,849 We're standing in the middle of a castle 160 00:07:38,893 --> 00:07:41,809 which is on a hill surrounded by trees. 161 00:07:41,852 --> 00:07:43,854 Boom. There. 162 00:07:43,898 --> 00:07:46,901 There's our castle, there's our surrounding of trees. 163 00:07:46,944 --> 00:07:48,772 And then if I look out this window, 164 00:07:48,816 --> 00:07:53,560 what I'm looking at is a long, narrow, wooded ridge. 165 00:07:53,603 --> 00:07:55,562 Long, narrow, wooded ridge. 166 00:07:55,605 --> 00:07:59,261 So if I'm here, and I'm looking out through there, 167 00:07:59,304 --> 00:08:02,220 my view is sort of across there. 168 00:08:02,264 --> 00:08:03,874 [clicks tongue] That's our area. 169 00:08:03,918 --> 00:08:06,790 ♪ 170 00:08:06,834 --> 00:08:08,400 - We sure do. 171 00:08:08,444 --> 00:08:11,534 ♪ 172 00:08:11,578 --> 00:08:14,058 If our photo analysis is correct, 173 00:08:14,102 --> 00:08:16,408 that epicenter is just there, 174 00:08:16,452 --> 00:08:18,585 and so you can see the land drop, 175 00:08:18,628 --> 00:08:20,891 so that's going to shield a lot of the blast, isn't it? 176 00:08:22,589 --> 00:08:23,938 - Here we go. This is it. 177 00:08:23,981 --> 00:08:25,287 Here's our track. 178 00:08:25,330 --> 00:08:26,549 - Yeah. 179 00:08:26,593 --> 00:08:31,206 ♪ 180 00:08:31,249 --> 00:08:33,295 - Look at it, it's basically empty. 181 00:08:41,303 --> 00:08:43,087 - I mean it's just the perfect place to do it, 182 00:08:43,131 --> 00:08:46,264 because A, we know this is a military training area 183 00:08:46,308 --> 00:08:50,051 in the 1940s, and B, it's a pretty safe, 184 00:08:50,094 --> 00:08:51,922 secluded area. 185 00:08:51,966 --> 00:08:54,534 You know, your blast is gonna be absorbed 186 00:08:54,577 --> 00:08:58,276 by these ridges all around us. 187 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,365 So it's all starting to stack up. 188 00:09:07,024 --> 00:09:09,374 - Okay. 189 00:09:09,418 --> 00:09:10,593 narrator: The team makes contact 190 00:09:10,637 --> 00:09:12,595 with George Ribienski, 191 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:14,510 a historian who has spent his career 192 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:16,251 studying the wartime history 193 00:09:16,294 --> 00:09:19,123 of the Nazi training base in Thuringia. 194 00:09:19,167 --> 00:09:21,473 - Do you know about this explosion? 195 00:09:21,517 --> 00:09:23,127 - [speaking German] 196 00:09:23,171 --> 00:09:26,087 - [speaking German] 197 00:09:38,839 --> 00:09:41,581 - We've seen the spread on the photographs. 198 00:09:41,624 --> 00:09:43,670 People have been talking about nosebleeds and things. 199 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:45,149 I mean, what's the damage? 200 00:10:07,824 --> 00:10:10,392 - 600 or 700. 201 00:10:10,435 --> 00:10:13,221 - Wow, that's horrible. 202 00:10:13,264 --> 00:10:15,092 Really horrible. 203 00:10:19,923 --> 00:10:23,666 - What do you think was being tested here? 204 00:10:23,710 --> 00:10:26,626 - [speaking German] 205 00:10:45,296 --> 00:10:47,777 - It makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, 206 00:10:47,821 --> 00:10:50,345 thinking about German scientists, 207 00:10:50,388 --> 00:10:53,957 physicists creating an atomic bomb. 208 00:10:54,001 --> 00:10:56,438 But what I want to know is were the nuclear experiments 209 00:10:56,481 --> 00:10:58,614 at this base undertaken by a rogue physicist, 210 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:01,008 or were they something more sinister? 211 00:11:01,051 --> 00:11:04,011 An essential part of the Nazi's military strategy 212 00:11:04,054 --> 00:11:05,882 in the final days of the war? 213 00:11:05,926 --> 00:11:08,232 So we know this area has been a military area 214 00:11:08,276 --> 00:11:10,147 for kind of over 100 years. 215 00:11:10,191 --> 00:11:13,411 How important was it to the Nazis in 1945? 216 00:11:19,548 --> 00:11:21,768 - And these tunnels, they still exist? 217 00:11:21,811 --> 00:11:28,731 ♪ 218 00:11:34,955 --> 00:11:37,000 - So did Hitler ever come to this area? 219 00:11:45,269 --> 00:11:47,054 - Gosh, that's amazing. 220 00:11:47,097 --> 00:11:48,751 [laughing] Wow. 221 00:11:48,795 --> 00:11:51,406 Clearly something big was going on here. 222 00:11:51,449 --> 00:11:54,365 ♪ 223 00:11:58,152 --> 00:12:00,720 [suspenseful music] 224 00:12:00,763 --> 00:12:03,592 - The team needs to keep digging in Thuringia, 225 00:12:03,635 --> 00:12:05,507 but in the meantime, 226 00:12:05,550 --> 00:12:08,553 I've come across an extremely interesting document 227 00:12:08,597 --> 00:12:12,775 that relates to Nazi nuclear technology 228 00:12:12,819 --> 00:12:14,734 after the war. 229 00:12:14,777 --> 00:12:16,039 narrator: With the investigation 230 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:18,128 under way in Thuringia, Germany, 231 00:12:18,172 --> 00:12:21,044 Bob and John turn their focus to the Nazi's ability 232 00:12:21,088 --> 00:12:23,612 to potentially build a weapon of mass destruction 233 00:12:23,655 --> 00:12:25,657 after the war. 234 00:12:25,701 --> 00:12:30,314 - It's from the 6th of December, 1946, and it was produced by 235 00:12:30,358 --> 00:12:33,230 a Captain Harry Sperber. 236 00:12:33,274 --> 00:12:35,667 He was a United States Army translator 237 00:12:35,711 --> 00:12:37,800 at the Nuremberg trials. 238 00:12:37,844 --> 00:12:40,977 Captain Sperber expressed the personal opinion 239 00:12:41,021 --> 00:12:42,936 that Hitler is alive 240 00:12:42,979 --> 00:12:48,115 and directing atomic bomb experiments in Argentina. 241 00:12:48,158 --> 00:12:51,161 - If Hitler wanted to build a bomb after the war, 242 00:12:51,205 --> 00:12:52,989 he would have gone to Argentina. 243 00:12:53,033 --> 00:12:54,817 The place to go. 244 00:12:54,861 --> 00:12:56,253 Got the support of the government, 245 00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:58,038 you got Germans, you got money, 246 00:12:58,081 --> 00:12:59,996 you got wide-open country. 247 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,216 It's absolutely ideal. 248 00:13:02,259 --> 00:13:04,435 ♪ 249 00:13:04,479 --> 00:13:09,571 This is giving Hitler a reason to keep going, is this bomb. 250 00:13:09,614 --> 00:13:13,836 Now the question is what's there in Argentina 251 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,143 that's going to substantiate this, if anything? 252 00:13:16,186 --> 00:13:17,274 - Let's see. 253 00:13:17,318 --> 00:13:24,368 ♪ 254 00:13:24,412 --> 00:13:26,414 - There we go. 255 00:13:26,457 --> 00:13:31,332 U.S. State Department decree 9-697 256 00:13:31,375 --> 00:13:34,726 of May 17, 1951 257 00:13:34,770 --> 00:13:37,468 creates a new atomic energy plant 258 00:13:37,512 --> 00:13:39,601 at Bariloche under direct 259 00:13:39,644 --> 00:13:41,690 control of President Perón. 260 00:13:41,733 --> 00:13:43,474 ♪ 261 00:13:43,518 --> 00:13:44,911 Look, John, Bariloche. 262 00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:48,349 - It was a hotbed for Nazis in Argentina. 263 00:13:48,392 --> 00:13:50,264 - Earlier in the investigation, 264 00:13:50,307 --> 00:13:52,875 we found a Nazi community in Bariloche. 265 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:56,183 - Hundreds of Nazis came here at the end of World War II. 266 00:13:56,226 --> 00:13:57,227 This is a refuge. 267 00:13:57,271 --> 00:13:59,142 - We found the Inalco house, 268 00:13:59,186 --> 00:14:01,275 which could have been a safe house for Hitler... 269 00:14:01,318 --> 00:14:03,277 - We're not talking about a small property. 270 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,020 We're talking a mansion 40 miles away from anywhere. 271 00:14:07,063 --> 00:14:08,760 - With guard towers. 272 00:14:08,804 --> 00:14:13,417 This place was a Nazi stronghold in Argentina. 273 00:14:13,461 --> 00:14:18,988 So why does Perón set up a nuclear energy plant 274 00:14:19,032 --> 00:14:22,600 nearby a potential safe haven for Hitler? 275 00:14:22,644 --> 00:14:24,559 It's no accident here. 276 00:14:24,602 --> 00:14:26,778 If it was a benign nuclear program, 277 00:14:26,822 --> 00:14:29,999 you put it through a university in Buenos Aires. 278 00:14:30,043 --> 00:14:32,915 You do not set it up in the Andes Mountains 279 00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:34,047 in a German community. 280 00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:35,831 That makes no sense at all. 281 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:39,922 Argentina cannot jumpstart a nuclear program. 282 00:14:39,966 --> 00:14:41,619 They need experts. 283 00:14:41,663 --> 00:14:43,404 They had to bring in people 284 00:14:43,447 --> 00:14:46,450 that knew about fission and fusion and the rest of it. 285 00:14:46,494 --> 00:14:47,538 ♪ 286 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:49,192 - See what we can find here. 287 00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:51,760 ♪ 288 00:14:51,803 --> 00:14:53,066 So look here. 289 00:14:53,109 --> 00:14:55,720 1st of June, 1948. 290 00:14:55,764 --> 00:14:56,939 The following information 291 00:14:56,983 --> 00:14:59,768 was given to the preparing officer 292 00:14:59,811 --> 00:15:02,510 by Dr. Richter. 293 00:15:02,553 --> 00:15:06,862 "In 1937 I was in charge of a research laboratory 294 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:10,953 "connected to Thuringia,Germany. 295 00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:14,522 "In May 1948 I was invited officially by 296 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:17,133 "the Argentine government to Argentina 297 00:15:17,177 --> 00:15:20,832 in order to do some work in nuclear reactor development." 298 00:15:20,876 --> 00:15:22,138 ♪ 299 00:15:22,182 --> 00:15:24,880 - Here's a Nazi nuclear scientist. 300 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:27,839 He was in charge of research laboratory 301 00:15:27,883 --> 00:15:29,885 connected to Thuringia, Germany. 302 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,365 Bingo. 303 00:15:31,408 --> 00:15:34,324 He's invited officially to Argentina 304 00:15:34,368 --> 00:15:36,587 to develop a nuclear facility. 305 00:15:36,631 --> 00:15:38,285 It's one too many coincidences for me. 306 00:15:38,328 --> 00:15:39,939 - I agree. 307 00:15:39,982 --> 00:15:42,419 Dr. Richter really ties it all together. 308 00:15:42,463 --> 00:15:44,813 Let's get the team back to Bariloche. 309 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:47,903 I'm optimistic that we can find evidence 310 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,209 of potential relationship 311 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:52,081 between Bariloche, the Nazis, 312 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:55,693 and nuclear weapons after the war. 313 00:15:55,737 --> 00:15:58,261 - When there's this much smoke, there's got to be fire. 314 00:15:58,305 --> 00:16:05,181 ♪ 315 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:19,021 - I didn't think we'd be coming back here. 316 00:16:19,065 --> 00:16:21,502 narrator: U.S. Army special forces Tim Kennedy 317 00:16:21,545 --> 00:16:23,852 and investigative journalist Gerrard Williams 318 00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:25,332 arrive in Bariloche, Argentina. 319 00:16:25,375 --> 00:16:27,638 ♪ 320 00:16:27,682 --> 00:16:29,597 - Hey, Federico, good to see you again, mate. 321 00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:34,776 narrator: They make contact with Federico Palma, 322 00:16:34,819 --> 00:16:37,431 an expert on the Nazi history in Bariloche. 323 00:16:37,474 --> 00:16:39,041 ♪ 324 00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:42,305 - We're here to find out everything we can 325 00:16:42,349 --> 00:16:45,656 about a Nazi scientist called Dr. Richter. 326 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,877 We need to know everything about what this guy was doing, 327 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:53,099 where he was doing it, and what he was up to. 328 00:16:53,142 --> 00:16:54,056 - Well... 329 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,989 - So where is Richter's research center? 330 00:17:19,516 --> 00:17:20,474 - He got himself an island? 331 00:17:22,954 --> 00:17:23,999 - Who gave him the island? 332 00:17:26,001 --> 00:17:28,525 - Yeah, but how does a Nazi scientist 333 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,527 just ask for an island? 334 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:41,843 - Peron essentially was giving Dr. Richter 335 00:17:41,886 --> 00:17:43,366 anything he wanted, money-wise? 336 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,805 - Tell me about this island. 337 00:17:47,849 --> 00:17:49,807 Where's it situated? 338 00:17:49,851 --> 00:17:50,765 How big is it? 339 00:18:04,953 --> 00:18:06,607 narrator: The team has uncovered 340 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:09,131 that 30 miles south of the Inalco house 341 00:18:09,175 --> 00:18:13,004 and near the city of Bariloche is the island of Huemul, 342 00:18:13,048 --> 00:18:16,573 the possible location of Dr. Richter's nuclear program. 343 00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:18,358 ♪ 344 00:18:18,401 --> 00:18:21,578 - So island's here, here's Bariloche, 345 00:18:21,622 --> 00:18:24,755 and we have Adolf Hitler on the other side of the lake. 346 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:27,497 - Mm-hmm. 347 00:18:27,541 --> 00:18:30,631 - That's far enough away for him to be safe from anything 348 00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:32,459 that could go wrong on Huemul Island. 349 00:18:32,502 --> 00:18:34,243 But then, coincidentally, 350 00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:36,550 it's close enough, on a good boat, 351 00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:37,899 that's a couple hours. 352 00:18:37,942 --> 00:18:39,205 This changes everything. 353 00:18:39,248 --> 00:18:40,771 ♪ 354 00:18:40,815 --> 00:18:42,382 Adolf Hitler and the Fourth Reich 355 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:43,992 could have been supervising 356 00:18:44,035 --> 00:18:46,037 what Dr. Richter is doing on the island. 357 00:18:46,081 --> 00:18:48,431 It is very possible that this nuclear program, 358 00:18:48,475 --> 00:18:51,173 this is them starting where they left off in Germany, 359 00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:53,132 but right here in Argentina. 360 00:18:53,175 --> 00:18:55,221 We're gonna do whatever it takes to get on that island. 361 00:18:55,264 --> 00:18:56,135 Can you get us there? 362 00:18:57,527 --> 00:18:59,573 - Mate, we have to get on this island. 363 00:18:59,616 --> 00:19:06,536 ♪ 364 00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:11,585 - Get us on the island. 365 00:19:11,628 --> 00:19:16,067 ♪ 366 00:19:19,854 --> 00:19:21,682 [suspenseful music] 367 00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:23,901 - What we got here is a Nazi scientist. 368 00:19:23,945 --> 00:19:27,122 And now we find out he goes to Bariloche 369 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,080 where he's given an island. 370 00:19:29,124 --> 00:19:31,909 - We need to get on that island and see what we can find. 371 00:19:31,953 --> 00:19:33,563 narrator: While the South American team 372 00:19:33,607 --> 00:19:35,652 tries to gain entry to Huemul Island 373 00:19:35,696 --> 00:19:37,437 in Bariloche, Argentina... 374 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,265 - Let's talk about Thuringia now. 375 00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:41,441 narrator: Bob and John review their investigation 376 00:19:41,484 --> 00:19:44,095 in Thuringia, Germany, 377 00:19:44,139 --> 00:19:46,576 where a declassified German document reports 378 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:49,884 that Nazis were testing a potential nuclear weapon 379 00:19:49,927 --> 00:19:52,669 two months before the end of the war. 380 00:19:52,713 --> 00:19:54,845 - There's a report from Clare Werner 381 00:19:54,889 --> 00:19:56,586 of what appears to be 382 00:19:56,630 --> 00:19:59,502 a nuclear explosion at Thuringia. 383 00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:02,723 - And these pictures corroborate the deposition. 384 00:20:02,766 --> 00:20:05,334 You clearly have right here 385 00:20:05,378 --> 00:20:08,468 what appears to be a giant crater. 386 00:20:08,511 --> 00:20:11,035 - That's precisely what it looks like, a crater. 387 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:12,428 - They were testing something there. 388 00:20:12,472 --> 00:20:14,213 I'm fully confident of it. 389 00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:16,127 And then also what the team discovered, 390 00:20:16,171 --> 00:20:19,783 a vast complex of tunnels. 391 00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:22,612 We know it was very important to the Nazis. 392 00:20:22,656 --> 00:20:24,266 So what's going on there? 393 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:27,617 Now we've got local historians saying the Nazis 394 00:20:27,661 --> 00:20:29,880 were digging tunnels into the mountain. 395 00:20:29,924 --> 00:20:32,883 Whatever they were working on in the tunnels, 396 00:20:32,927 --> 00:20:35,364 these explosions have to be connected. 397 00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:37,627 - These underground tunnels 398 00:20:37,671 --> 00:20:42,153 could be some type of clandestine laboratory 399 00:20:42,197 --> 00:20:44,417 used to develop nuclear weapons, 400 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:48,072 and some type of explosion took place thereafter. 401 00:20:48,116 --> 00:20:50,292 The only way we'll really know is to get the team in there 402 00:20:50,336 --> 00:20:52,033 and really dig into this. 403 00:20:52,076 --> 00:20:53,643 - We're gonna find something, I bet. 404 00:20:53,687 --> 00:21:00,563 ♪ 405 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:08,092 [both speaking German] 406 00:21:10,007 --> 00:21:11,400 narrator: In Thuringia, Germany, 407 00:21:11,444 --> 00:21:13,750 James Holland, Sascha Keil, 408 00:21:13,794 --> 00:21:16,362 and historian George Ribienski arrive 409 00:21:16,405 --> 00:21:19,843 at the location of a rumored Nazi tunnel complex, 410 00:21:19,887 --> 00:21:22,629 12 miles from where a weapon of mass destruction 411 00:21:22,672 --> 00:21:24,848 could have been detonated. 412 00:21:24,892 --> 00:21:25,762 - So where are they? 413 00:21:28,983 --> 00:21:31,202 - Goodness me, that's really enormous. 414 00:21:31,246 --> 00:21:32,813 - [speaking German] 415 00:21:40,908 --> 00:21:42,475 And that's just the number he knows. 416 00:21:42,518 --> 00:21:44,868 - [scoffs] - Perhaps they are more. 417 00:21:44,912 --> 00:21:46,870 narrator: This Nazi complex was rumored 418 00:21:46,914 --> 00:21:48,350 to include multiple levels 419 00:21:48,394 --> 00:21:50,613 of laboratories, weapon workshops, 420 00:21:50,657 --> 00:21:53,094 and a control center connected by tunnels 421 00:21:53,137 --> 00:21:55,966 stretching dozens of miles through the mountainside. 422 00:21:56,010 --> 00:21:58,534 ♪ 423 00:21:58,578 --> 00:22:01,798 - Gosh, it's just incredible the scale of it, isn't it? 424 00:22:01,842 --> 00:22:03,278 It really is. 425 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:05,062 I'm realizing that this is not just 426 00:22:05,106 --> 00:22:06,716 a little tunnel in a hillside. 427 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,371 This could be a major complex. 428 00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:11,982 But if we can get in just one of these tunnels, 429 00:22:12,026 --> 00:22:14,985 we'll have an even better sense of scale and scope here. 430 00:22:24,255 --> 00:22:25,735 narrator: Although the Soviet army 431 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:27,781 sealed off access to this tunnel system 432 00:22:27,824 --> 00:22:31,262 when they captured this base in April, 1945, 433 00:22:31,306 --> 00:22:33,830 the team attempts to locate an entry point 434 00:22:33,874 --> 00:22:35,789 in hopes of determining the hidden purpose 435 00:22:35,832 --> 00:22:37,051 of this facility. 436 00:22:37,094 --> 00:22:39,140 - Oh look, there's a gap. 437 00:22:39,183 --> 00:22:46,060 ♪ 438 00:22:51,761 --> 00:22:54,198 narrator: The team deploys a small remote camera known 439 00:22:54,242 --> 00:22:56,070 as a Throwbot. 440 00:22:56,113 --> 00:22:59,682 This technology is used by military personnel worldwide 441 00:22:59,726 --> 00:23:02,772 to provide real-time video feeds of difficult-to-access 442 00:23:02,816 --> 00:23:04,426 and unstable environments. 443 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:09,170 ♪ 444 00:23:09,213 --> 00:23:10,432 - How far do you think you're in there? 445 00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:11,390 - Oh... 446 00:23:13,217 --> 00:23:14,044 - 50 meters? 447 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:17,308 - Yep. 448 00:23:44,814 --> 00:23:46,686 - No. You just can't get any further? 449 00:23:55,085 --> 00:23:56,478 - It's frustrating but I tell you what. 450 00:23:56,522 --> 00:23:58,480 This is just 50 meters of one tunnel. 451 00:23:58,524 --> 00:24:01,657 We know about at least 25 here... 452 00:24:01,701 --> 00:24:03,224 - Yeah, yeah. - And possibly even more. 453 00:24:03,267 --> 00:24:05,879 The extent of this place is absolutely enormous. 454 00:24:05,922 --> 00:24:07,533 ♪ 455 00:24:07,576 --> 00:24:09,883 The facility here is filled with rubble, 456 00:24:09,926 --> 00:24:11,841 but this could have been enough infrastructure 457 00:24:11,885 --> 00:24:15,366 to support atomic research labs here in Thuringia. 458 00:24:15,410 --> 00:24:18,021 Do we have any idea 459 00:24:18,065 --> 00:24:21,808 of what these tunnels were being used for? 460 00:24:29,032 --> 00:24:30,947 - They were planning a Fuhrer headquarters here? 461 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,370 - I mean, at that stage of the war, 462 00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:05,329 the Germans were just clutching at straws, aren't they? 463 00:25:13,642 --> 00:25:14,643 - Fortunately for the rest of the world, 464 00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:16,689 the Allies get here in time. 465 00:25:16,732 --> 00:25:18,821 The ambition of the Third Reich 466 00:25:18,865 --> 00:25:20,693 is laid out for us here. 467 00:25:20,736 --> 00:25:23,478 Leading Nazis were just not giving up 468 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:26,350 because a nuclear bomb is a world-changing, 469 00:25:26,394 --> 00:25:28,178 war-changing weapon. 470 00:25:28,222 --> 00:25:29,397 One weapon. 471 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,617 If Hitler had his hands on that, 472 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:34,141 it's a totally different end to WWII. 473 00:25:34,184 --> 00:25:36,317 And it seems he came fairly close. 474 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:39,668 ♪ 475 00:25:43,498 --> 00:25:46,370 [suspenseful music] 476 00:25:46,414 --> 00:25:53,334 ♪ 477 00:25:58,426 --> 00:26:01,734 - That's incredible. It's hiding in plain sight. 478 00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:03,605 narrator: On a lake deep in the mountains of Bariloche, 479 00:26:03,649 --> 00:26:07,261 Argentina, Tim Kennedy and Gerrard Williams 480 00:26:07,304 --> 00:26:10,873 have been granted access to Huemul Island, 481 00:26:10,917 --> 00:26:12,658 which, according to a declassified 482 00:26:12,701 --> 00:26:14,311 U.S. State Department file, 483 00:26:14,355 --> 00:26:17,271 could be the location where Nazi scientist 484 00:26:17,314 --> 00:26:21,667 Dr. Richter was working on nuclear technology after WWII. 485 00:26:21,710 --> 00:26:25,105 ♪ 486 00:26:25,148 --> 00:26:26,541 - From shore it didn't look this big. 487 00:26:28,238 --> 00:26:29,631 - So this is it? 488 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,328 Mystery Island? 489 00:26:31,372 --> 00:26:33,200 Whatever was going on here, 490 00:26:33,243 --> 00:26:35,594 this island definitely has to hold secrets. 491 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:37,987 Huemul Island reminds me a little bit of Alcatraz. 492 00:26:38,031 --> 00:26:40,686 It's near a big city, 493 00:26:40,729 --> 00:26:43,036 but it's also this secretive place 494 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:45,516 where nobody knows what's going on 495 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,781 because nobody's being told what's happening here. 496 00:26:48,824 --> 00:26:52,219 ♪ 497 00:26:52,262 --> 00:26:54,003 There are trees everywhere. 498 00:26:54,047 --> 00:26:56,049 This is what happens if you leave a place abandoned 499 00:26:56,092 --> 00:26:57,528 on a fertile island like this 500 00:26:57,572 --> 00:27:00,009 for 70-something years. 501 00:27:00,053 --> 00:27:01,924 - It's a massive building. 502 00:27:01,968 --> 00:27:02,969 - There. 503 00:27:03,012 --> 00:27:04,187 ♪ 504 00:27:04,231 --> 00:27:06,102 - Massive. 505 00:27:06,146 --> 00:27:09,062 Okay, it's looking a little more structured. 506 00:27:12,152 --> 00:27:13,283 - Okay. 507 00:27:13,327 --> 00:27:15,895 ♪ 508 00:27:15,938 --> 00:27:17,113 - Oh, my God. 509 00:27:17,157 --> 00:27:24,033 ♪ 510 00:27:26,601 --> 00:27:27,558 What building is this? 511 00:27:29,517 --> 00:27:31,693 There are many stories around this place. 512 00:27:31,737 --> 00:27:34,217 ♪ 513 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:35,349 - What was inside of here? 514 00:27:45,141 --> 00:27:47,056 - Whatever Richter was designing, 515 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:49,102 everything's been stripped: light fittings, 516 00:27:49,145 --> 00:27:51,060 switches, the lot. 517 00:27:51,104 --> 00:27:53,889 So all we can see now is the remains. 518 00:27:53,933 --> 00:27:56,283 Federico, how many more of these are there? 519 00:27:56,326 --> 00:27:57,545 How many more buildings like this? 520 00:28:01,027 --> 00:28:03,594 - Are we going up that way or up that way? 521 00:28:03,638 --> 00:28:04,813 - Okay. 522 00:28:04,857 --> 00:28:06,467 ♪ 523 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:07,337 So what have we got here? 524 00:28:20,176 --> 00:28:21,395 - These are the power buildings? 525 00:28:33,189 --> 00:28:34,800 - This is massive for the time. 526 00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:37,716 Whatever his ambitions for this place were, 527 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:41,284 he thought he required a massive amount of power. 528 00:28:41,328 --> 00:28:43,896 Enough power to power a city. 529 00:28:43,939 --> 00:28:47,551 In the late '40s, early '50s, to develop a nuclear weapon, 530 00:28:47,595 --> 00:28:50,032 you needed such huge amounts of electrical power. 531 00:28:50,076 --> 00:28:52,513 The generators would have been massive. 532 00:28:52,556 --> 00:28:56,430 So just that logistical operation is quite mind blowing. 533 00:28:56,473 --> 00:28:59,041 This is one beast of a generating station. 534 00:28:59,085 --> 00:29:01,261 - The laborers, the manufacturing of it, 535 00:29:01,304 --> 00:29:04,177 the transportation of it across a lake. 536 00:29:04,220 --> 00:29:05,482 This is a huge project. 537 00:29:05,526 --> 00:29:07,093 - Yeah, definitely. 538 00:29:07,136 --> 00:29:08,442 And probably out of a Nazi's bank account. 539 00:29:08,485 --> 00:29:10,096 Or three. 540 00:29:10,139 --> 00:29:12,359 - It is obvious on the island that Dr. Richter 541 00:29:12,402 --> 00:29:14,796 had money and infrastructure. 542 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,885 That's what we know. 543 00:29:16,929 --> 00:29:18,408 It's what we don't know that's scaring me. 544 00:29:18,452 --> 00:29:24,066 ♪ 545 00:29:24,110 --> 00:29:26,895 - Oh, somebody's taken a hell of a pounding. 546 00:29:26,939 --> 00:29:33,815 ♪ 547 00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:38,211 - It's eerie. 548 00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:42,215 - Bombing from the air? 549 00:29:43,477 --> 00:29:44,826 - Bullet holes on the front. 550 00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:46,001 - It doesn't make any damn sense. 551 00:29:46,045 --> 00:29:47,655 Why would you destroy it? 552 00:29:47,698 --> 00:29:49,004 There's nothing natural about the destruction 553 00:29:49,048 --> 00:29:50,223 of Richter's lab. 554 00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:53,226 It's been blown up deliberately. 555 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:56,838 What was so important to hide that you let the Navy bomb it? 556 00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:59,101 - This is solid cement. - Yeah, amazing. 557 00:29:59,145 --> 00:30:00,537 ♪ 558 00:30:00,581 --> 00:30:01,800 - Three, four feet thick. 559 00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:04,672 ♪ 560 00:30:04,715 --> 00:30:08,110 - With a few holes 561 00:30:08,154 --> 00:30:10,547 to witness whatever's going on in here 562 00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:12,288 'cause they'd have had thick, 563 00:30:12,332 --> 00:30:14,682 shielded glass inside them, I'd have thought. 564 00:30:14,725 --> 00:30:17,641 - This is to prevent radiation from escaping. 565 00:30:17,685 --> 00:30:19,861 That's how close they were. 566 00:30:19,905 --> 00:30:21,558 - [scoffs] 567 00:30:21,602 --> 00:30:22,864 And he's punching electricity into here. 568 00:30:22,908 --> 00:30:25,301 Look at those. 569 00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:28,087 Those are the sort of things you see on top of pylons. 570 00:30:28,130 --> 00:30:29,131 Those ceramic... 571 00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:31,568 - Yeah. - Dampers. 572 00:30:31,612 --> 00:30:34,310 - It's difficult to discern what was going on here. 573 00:30:34,354 --> 00:30:38,227 Is there any evidence of how this building was laid out? 574 00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:39,489 - How'd it looked before it got smashed? 575 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,763 - Well, that's a serious nuclear kit. 576 00:31:03,818 --> 00:31:05,515 - And this is a huge industrial complex. 577 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:07,256 I mean, he has everything that he needs 578 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:09,432 to do I think anything that he wants. 579 00:31:09,476 --> 00:31:11,652 - And that's scary. 580 00:31:11,695 --> 00:31:13,872 Richter's laboratory was cutting-edge, 581 00:31:13,915 --> 00:31:17,092 top-line technology from around the world. 582 00:31:17,136 --> 00:31:18,833 All the machines that will enable him 583 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,922 to develop a nuclear weapon. 584 00:31:20,966 --> 00:31:22,706 - The Nazis in Germany were trying 585 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:24,273 to do this exact same thing. 586 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,667 ♪ 587 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:28,930 - God knows what they were doing. 588 00:31:28,974 --> 00:31:32,455 Documents tell us Hitler would dream of New York in flames 589 00:31:32,499 --> 00:31:34,370 and a new Fourth Reich. 590 00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:36,764 And it seems to be coming together 591 00:31:36,807 --> 00:31:38,548 here in Bariloche. 592 00:31:38,592 --> 00:31:40,681 ♪ 593 00:31:40,724 --> 00:31:42,552 Make of it what you will. 594 00:31:42,596 --> 00:31:46,295 ♪ 595 00:31:49,864 --> 00:31:51,431 [suspenseful music] 596 00:31:51,474 --> 00:31:53,781 - This clearly was a secret nuclear site, 597 00:31:53,824 --> 00:31:56,088 as secret as Iraq's 598 00:31:56,131 --> 00:31:58,655 or Iran's, or anybody else. 599 00:31:58,699 --> 00:32:00,962 narrator: Bob and John review the findings from Bariloche, 600 00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:04,052 Argentina, where they have uncovered what could be 601 00:32:04,096 --> 00:32:07,055 a secret nuclear facility on Huemul Island, 602 00:32:07,099 --> 00:32:09,405 just 30 miles from the Inalco house, 603 00:32:09,449 --> 00:32:12,974 a potential refuge for Adolf Hitler. 604 00:32:13,018 --> 00:32:16,151 - Just taking a look at Huemul Island, 605 00:32:16,195 --> 00:32:18,632 some of the pieces of evidence, 606 00:32:18,675 --> 00:32:19,720 we know that there's the development 607 00:32:19,763 --> 00:32:21,287 of some type of weapon 608 00:32:21,330 --> 00:32:24,159 of mass destruction in Thuringia, 609 00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:26,466 and Dr. Richter travels 610 00:32:26,509 --> 00:32:29,208 then to Argentina after the war 611 00:32:29,251 --> 00:32:33,516 for the purposes of this so-called energy plant. 612 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:38,478 There is a lot of electricity being utilized on the island. 613 00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:40,045 It's a massive infrastructure, 614 00:32:40,088 --> 00:32:42,786 a lot of money, a lot of people. 615 00:32:42,830 --> 00:32:44,136 There's just no question about it. 616 00:32:44,179 --> 00:32:47,487 There was a nefarious purpose 617 00:32:47,530 --> 00:32:50,707 for what was going on on Huemul Island. 618 00:32:50,751 --> 00:32:54,146 - When you have a nuclear facility run by a Nazi, 619 00:32:54,189 --> 00:32:56,539 and Hitler could be down the lake, 620 00:32:56,583 --> 00:32:58,367 it's starting to tell a story--a bigger story 621 00:32:58,411 --> 00:32:59,455 than we started. 622 00:32:59,499 --> 00:33:02,328 ♪ 623 00:33:02,371 --> 00:33:07,159 You have this gigantic body of water 624 00:33:07,202 --> 00:33:09,639 and no urban development. 625 00:33:09,683 --> 00:33:12,468 You can do what you want out here. 626 00:33:12,512 --> 00:33:16,124 At the other end of the lake is the Inalco house. 627 00:33:16,168 --> 00:33:19,780 Bunkers, guard towers. 628 00:33:19,823 --> 00:33:22,130 Could have been a safe house for Hitler. 629 00:33:22,174 --> 00:33:24,393 And then you've got Huemul Island, 630 00:33:24,437 --> 00:33:26,917 which is the nuclear facility. 631 00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:30,399 I mean, this is some sort of Nazi base 632 00:33:30,443 --> 00:33:32,706 in the middle of Argentina. 633 00:33:32,749 --> 00:33:35,317 - I agree with that, but for Hitler 634 00:33:35,361 --> 00:33:37,406 to carry out the Fourth Reich, 635 00:33:37,450 --> 00:33:40,061 there needs to be some type of security 636 00:33:40,105 --> 00:33:41,541 or fortifications 637 00:33:41,584 --> 00:33:44,022 that would provide an environment 638 00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:45,545 of overall protection, 639 00:33:45,588 --> 00:33:48,069 an outer perimeter, if you will. 640 00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:51,159 I would want to look for evidence of bunkers. 641 00:33:51,203 --> 00:33:52,987 Are there fortifications? 642 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:54,423 If we could find evidence 643 00:33:54,467 --> 00:33:57,992 of 1940s-era security measures, 644 00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:02,257 I think it's a major leap in this investigation. 645 00:34:02,301 --> 00:34:03,737 - Yep. 646 00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:10,657 ♪ 647 00:34:22,321 --> 00:34:24,453 - Hi there. - Alan? 648 00:34:24,497 --> 00:34:25,498 - Hi. - I'm Gerrard. 649 00:34:25,541 --> 00:34:27,326 - Morning. Tim. 650 00:34:27,369 --> 00:34:29,241 narrator: To investigate potential military 651 00:34:29,284 --> 00:34:31,982 infrastructure that could have protected both Huemul Island 652 00:34:32,026 --> 00:34:33,897 and the Inalco house, 653 00:34:33,941 --> 00:34:36,291 Tim and Gerrard make contact with Alan Joos, 654 00:34:36,335 --> 00:34:39,251 an expert on post-war architecture in Bariloche 655 00:34:39,294 --> 00:34:41,949 and his translator. 656 00:34:41,992 --> 00:34:44,604 - This lake is the only transportation 657 00:34:44,647 --> 00:34:48,912 between Hitler's home and Huemul Island, 658 00:34:48,956 --> 00:34:51,132 where Dr. Richter's doing his nuclear research. 659 00:34:51,176 --> 00:34:53,134 If Hitler was supervising Dr. Richter 660 00:34:53,178 --> 00:34:55,049 and everything that he does, 661 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,747 the infrastructure has to be in place to lock down 662 00:34:57,791 --> 00:34:59,358 and shut down the entire lake. 663 00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:03,536 So I know you have a lot of knowledge 664 00:35:03,579 --> 00:35:06,887 and expertise in the area, the geography, 665 00:35:06,930 --> 00:35:09,411 and some of the structures that are here. 666 00:35:09,455 --> 00:35:13,676 What I need to know, Alan, is what's between Inalco... 667 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:15,156 and the island. 668 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,811 Are there any military structures 669 00:35:17,854 --> 00:35:22,294 or a built network between this island 670 00:35:22,337 --> 00:35:23,382 and this house? 671 00:35:23,425 --> 00:35:27,081 ♪ 672 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:31,129 - [speaking foreign language] 673 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:34,044 - At the northern tip of this peninsula, 674 00:35:34,088 --> 00:35:37,047 there's a tower, like an observation tower. 675 00:35:37,091 --> 00:35:43,967 ♪ 676 00:35:51,714 --> 00:35:52,759 - We have to put eyes on it. 677 00:35:52,802 --> 00:35:54,804 ♪ 678 00:35:54,848 --> 00:35:57,242 narrator: The team heads for the location of the tower 679 00:35:57,285 --> 00:35:59,983 which sits directly between the Inalco house 680 00:36:00,027 --> 00:36:01,420 and Huemul Island. 681 00:36:01,463 --> 00:36:08,166 ♪ 682 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:09,471 - Oh, there it is. 683 00:36:09,515 --> 00:36:10,429 Gerrard. 684 00:36:10,472 --> 00:36:13,954 ♪ 685 00:36:13,997 --> 00:36:14,998 - Oh, gosh. 686 00:36:15,042 --> 00:36:16,217 - Man. 687 00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:23,181 ♪ 688 00:36:27,489 --> 00:36:29,883 - The architect had built Adolf Hitler's home-- 689 00:36:29,926 --> 00:36:30,840 - Built this thing. 690 00:36:30,884 --> 00:36:33,278 ♪ 691 00:36:33,321 --> 00:36:35,454 - Strategically where it's located, 692 00:36:35,497 --> 00:36:36,933 this has eyes not only on what's coming 693 00:36:36,977 --> 00:36:38,500 and going from Inalco, 694 00:36:38,544 --> 00:36:41,677 but also has eyes on Island Huemul. 695 00:36:41,721 --> 00:36:44,593 Nothing can get through, nothing can get past. 696 00:36:44,637 --> 00:36:45,768 This locks the entire lake down. 697 00:36:45,812 --> 00:36:47,205 - Yep. 698 00:36:47,248 --> 00:36:48,858 - This might just be the flagship. 699 00:36:48,902 --> 00:36:50,338 There might be three or four more fighting positions 700 00:36:50,382 --> 00:36:52,340 on this mountain. 701 00:36:52,384 --> 00:36:55,343 This is a clear indication of military infrastructure 702 00:36:55,387 --> 00:36:57,693 that could provide the support from Adolf Hitler. 703 00:36:57,737 --> 00:37:00,174 There's no telling what else they could have built here 704 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:02,611 that hasn't even been discovered. 705 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:04,265 - Alan, are there any other structures 706 00:37:04,309 --> 00:37:07,050 like this around the lake or Bariloche? 707 00:37:08,661 --> 00:37:09,618 - Yeah. 708 00:37:11,707 --> 00:37:13,579 - A bunker. 709 00:37:13,622 --> 00:37:15,450 - Where's the bunker at? 710 00:37:15,494 --> 00:37:22,762 ♪ 711 00:37:22,805 --> 00:37:26,461 - This is feeling more and more systematic and strategic. 712 00:37:26,505 --> 00:37:29,159 This was orchestrated and planned. 713 00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:30,857 This is the Nazis raising a flag 714 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:33,599 saying that we're here and we own the lake. 715 00:37:33,642 --> 00:37:35,035 And that island is ours. 716 00:37:35,078 --> 00:37:37,690 ♪ 717 00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:44,305 [suspenseful music] 718 00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:47,656 ♪ 719 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,355 - If the bunker strategically is located in a way 720 00:37:50,398 --> 00:37:52,313 that supports this, 721 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:53,967 that's what we need to know. 722 00:37:54,010 --> 00:37:55,838 narrator: Tim Kennedy and Gerrard Williams 723 00:37:55,882 --> 00:37:57,971 are in search of military infrastructure 724 00:37:58,014 --> 00:37:59,451 that could have protected the area 725 00:37:59,494 --> 00:38:01,496 surrounding the Inalco house, 726 00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:03,716 a potential refuge for Adolf Hitler, 727 00:38:03,759 --> 00:38:05,152 and Huemul Island, 728 00:38:05,195 --> 00:38:07,415 a reported Nazi nuclear facility. 729 00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:09,025 - We have to see this bunker. 730 00:38:09,069 --> 00:38:11,158 ♪ 731 00:38:11,201 --> 00:38:13,726 narrator: After discovering a mysterious watchtower located 732 00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:16,337 directly between the Inalco house and Huemul Island, 733 00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:18,992 they head for a bunker six miles away. 734 00:38:19,035 --> 00:38:25,912 ♪ 735 00:38:31,787 --> 00:38:33,485 - You can hardly see it. 736 00:38:33,528 --> 00:38:40,187 ♪ 737 00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:42,320 Adolf Hitler is here overseeing Dr. Richter 738 00:38:42,363 --> 00:38:43,669 working on Huemul Island, 739 00:38:43,712 --> 00:38:45,932 he needs troops. He needs security. 740 00:38:45,975 --> 00:38:48,369 This bunker can be a defensive position. 741 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,850 ♪ 742 00:38:50,893 --> 00:38:52,852 We have Inalco over here, 743 00:38:52,895 --> 00:38:55,681 Dr. Richter with Island Huemul, 744 00:38:55,724 --> 00:38:57,378 and the tower that way. 745 00:38:57,422 --> 00:39:01,556 The only way to Inalco is coming by this or by the tower. 746 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,384 So a machine gun here with a machine gun there-- 747 00:39:03,428 --> 00:39:05,647 - Killing field. Complete killing field. 748 00:39:05,691 --> 00:39:09,259 - As soon as I see the bunker, it is quickly and easily 749 00:39:09,303 --> 00:39:11,784 recognizable that they're creating a choke point 750 00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:13,394 to prevent people 751 00:39:13,438 --> 00:39:15,701 from going to Inalco or Huemul Island. 752 00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:18,051 This bunker wasn't built at random. 753 00:39:18,094 --> 00:39:21,359 Everything was by design, by a purpose. 754 00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:23,709 Was there any records about who built this, 755 00:39:23,752 --> 00:39:25,058 when it was built, why it was built, 756 00:39:25,101 --> 00:39:26,451 was there a work permit? 757 00:39:32,413 --> 00:39:33,545 - They don't know a thing? 758 00:39:33,588 --> 00:39:36,286 - [speaking foreign language] 759 00:39:36,330 --> 00:39:37,766 - Nobody knows who built it. 760 00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:39,507 ♪ 761 00:39:39,551 --> 00:39:42,423 On having seen Richter's place on the island, 762 00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:44,033 construction methods are remarkably similar 763 00:39:44,077 --> 00:39:45,861 to parts of that. 764 00:39:45,905 --> 00:39:48,647 - This looks like it was moved right from the island. 765 00:39:48,690 --> 00:39:50,866 - Whoever engineered Huemul 766 00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:53,042 engineered quite a lot of this, I would have thought. 767 00:39:53,086 --> 00:39:55,567 This bunker is purely functional. 768 00:39:55,610 --> 00:39:58,047 This is there to do something. 769 00:39:58,091 --> 00:40:01,007 If it isn't part of the network that's guarding Adolf Hitler, 770 00:40:01,050 --> 00:40:02,182 what else is it for? 771 00:40:08,884 --> 00:40:12,453 - After the coup that toppled Perón. 772 00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:13,628 - I can get in here. 773 00:40:13,672 --> 00:40:16,109 ♪ 774 00:40:16,152 --> 00:40:17,893 - What you got, Tim? 775 00:40:17,937 --> 00:40:20,026 - I see piping. 776 00:40:20,069 --> 00:40:22,942 Whatever this room is that I'm in right now, Gerrard, 777 00:40:22,985 --> 00:40:26,119 they had electricity, they had water, 778 00:40:26,162 --> 00:40:28,121 and it's not a tiny bunker. 779 00:40:28,164 --> 00:40:30,297 So this might have been, like, a headquarters area. 780 00:40:30,340 --> 00:40:32,908 Maybe communications, talking to the tower, 781 00:40:32,952 --> 00:40:34,344 talking to Inalco, 782 00:40:34,388 --> 00:40:37,130 talking to Huemul Island. 783 00:40:37,173 --> 00:40:38,958 It's connected, though. 784 00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:41,439 You don't build a bunker like that for one night. 785 00:40:41,482 --> 00:40:43,441 You don't build it for short term. 786 00:40:43,484 --> 00:40:45,138 However long it would take for Dr. Richter 787 00:40:45,181 --> 00:40:47,575 to be successful at Huemul Island, 788 00:40:47,619 --> 00:40:49,925 that bunker could work and stay in place. 789 00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:53,015 They could be there for years. 790 00:40:53,059 --> 00:40:56,845 There's a drill hole that's about six inches deep 791 00:40:56,889 --> 00:40:59,239 that's an inch and a half to two inches wide. 792 00:40:59,282 --> 00:41:01,197 - Part of the construction? - No. 793 00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:03,199 I think these are demolition drill holes. 794 00:41:03,243 --> 00:41:04,418 ♪ 795 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:05,550 I found char marks too. 796 00:41:05,593 --> 00:41:07,247 This was explosive. 797 00:41:07,290 --> 00:41:09,945 This is guys crawling through this building, 798 00:41:09,989 --> 00:41:12,165 drilling into the foundation... 799 00:41:12,208 --> 00:41:13,993 - Yeah. - At the juncture points 800 00:41:14,036 --> 00:41:15,951 of the support, and bringing it down. 801 00:41:15,995 --> 00:41:17,823 - And planting high explosives. 802 00:41:17,866 --> 00:41:19,912 - A lot of it. 803 00:41:19,955 --> 00:41:22,349 - So somebody wanted this destroyed pretty badly. 804 00:41:22,392 --> 00:41:24,220 Whatever this was, they tried to erase 805 00:41:24,264 --> 00:41:26,092 quite a lot of the evidence here. 806 00:41:26,135 --> 00:41:28,268 They've either blown it up or they've bombed it. 807 00:41:28,311 --> 00:41:31,010 Again, it's the pattern of trying to erase things 808 00:41:31,053 --> 00:41:34,622 to make sure that history can't be told in the correct way. 809 00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:36,842 - 1945, you're not going to get any more fortified 810 00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:37,756 than this right here. 811 00:41:37,799 --> 00:41:39,366 - No. 812 00:41:39,409 --> 00:41:42,412 - This could be both defensive and offensive. 813 00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:45,590 - The size of this, you could base 20, 30 people on it. 814 00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:46,634 - At least. 815 00:41:46,678 --> 00:41:48,636 What I see here 816 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,204 is the Fourth Reich's blueprint. 817 00:41:51,247 --> 00:41:52,684 I know what they did in Misiones, 818 00:41:52,727 --> 00:41:54,207 I found their fighting positions, 819 00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:55,904 I found the concentric walls, 820 00:41:55,948 --> 00:41:57,602 and everything that they did in Misiones, 821 00:41:57,645 --> 00:42:00,213 they duplicated here just at a larger scale. 822 00:42:00,256 --> 00:42:02,911 So Adolf Hitler living in Inalco 823 00:42:02,955 --> 00:42:06,088 has the protection he needs to oversee Dr. Richter 824 00:42:06,132 --> 00:42:08,830 giving the Fourth Reich their new hope: 825 00:42:08,874 --> 00:42:10,440 a nuclear weapon. 826 00:42:10,484 --> 00:42:12,573 With success here, the Fourth Reich 827 00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:15,010 could change the landscape of the world. 828 00:42:15,054 --> 00:42:19,972 ♪ 829 00:42:20,015 --> 00:42:23,323 narrator: Next time on "Hunting Hitler"... 830 00:42:23,366 --> 00:42:27,109 - Were there any senior Nazis who came here after the war? 831 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:30,765 - He was a person who lived in the shadows. 832 00:42:30,809 --> 00:42:33,376 - There's something strange going on here. 833 00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:36,858 - There is a rumor that Juan Keller is Martin Bormann. 834 00:42:36,902 --> 00:42:38,338 Is that true? 835 00:42:38,381 --> 00:42:40,688 [both speaking foreign language] 836 00:42:40,732 --> 00:42:41,733 - Does this look like your father? 837 00:42:41,776 --> 00:42:44,518 ♪ 838 00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:46,825 - Yes. [speaking foreign language] 839 00:42:46,868 --> 00:42:49,479 - Bormann's here; Hitler's not very far away 840 00:42:49,523 --> 00:42:54,093 - Four men came to her house from Colonia Dignidad. 841 00:42:54,136 --> 00:42:57,009 - Colonia Dignidad still remains today. 842 00:42:57,052 --> 00:42:59,620 They've changed their name to Villa Baviera. 843 00:42:59,664 --> 00:43:01,143 ♪ 844 00:43:01,187 --> 00:43:03,711 - How can a sanctuary for Nazis on the run 845 00:43:03,755 --> 00:43:05,539 now be a tourist location? 846 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,149 They get wind of what we're here for, 847 00:43:07,193 --> 00:43:08,586 it's dangerous. 848 00:43:08,629 --> 00:43:10,588 ♪ 61711

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