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Welcome to the History Extra podcast,

fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC

History magazine. What connects a notorious Chilean dictator with an SS commander who played a key

role in the Holocaust? This is the question at the heart of a new book by the author and lawyer

Philippe Sands, which follows the twin stories of Augusto Pinochet's sensational arrest in London

in 1998 and the post-war career of Walter Ralph, who spent many years in Pinnishay's Chile.

For today's episode, Philippe was joined by Rob Atar to explore a tangled tale of law and mass murder in Europe and South America.

In 1998, Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London. How seismic a moment was this?

I remember the moment of learning of Pinochet's arrest. It was a Saturday afternoon. It happened to be my birthday and I was settling

down to watch the football results at 5 o'clock and the news came on and they announced that

former head of state of Chile, Agostrapinichet, visiting in London,

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