Ep. 144 - The Hotel Savoy

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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One of the most remarkable stories to come out of World War II is that of Jan Baalsrud. He was a Norwegian saboteur who found himself wounded, barefoot and on the run from German soldiers swarming the country looking for him. Listen as I tell you what happened on the man's harrowing journey. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Conspirators merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/the-fugitive.htmlhttps://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/jan-balsrud-is-the-man-that-never-gave-up/https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/the-wwii-survival-story-of-jan-baalsrud/https://www.amazon.com/We-Die-Alone-David-Howarth/dp/B000JCBCXShttps://www.amazon.com/12th-Man-WWII-Escape-Endurance/dp/151071863X/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_2/145-4535570-7808019?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=151071863X&pd_rd_r=0bed382e-5e94-40ec-bc03-5c39c4ca45f6&pd_rd_w=cjAGI&pd_rd_wg=fa63O&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB&psc=1&refRID=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.0	on March 29th, 1943 a fishing boat named the Brothholm sailed its way through icy waters
0:47.2	toward land along the Arctic coast of Norway.
0:51.4	Even though it was almost April, there was still no sign of winter letting up.
0:55.2	Not this far north, not this time of year.
1:00.0	That part of the world would remain frozen for many weeks to come.
1:06.0	There were 12 men aboard the brought home that chilly March day and this was dangerous work
1:10.3	they were doing.
1:11.3	It was the third year of the war in Europe and Nazi Germany controlled
1:16.2	this part of the Arctic. Eight of the 12 men on board the brought home were the fishing boat's
1:20.8	crew, experienced sailors who had been navigating these icy waters for years.
1:27.0	The other four men were saboteurs, trained soldiers whose job was to covertly attack the German war machine and disrupt their activities in the region.
1:37.0	On this occasion the Saboteurs had two primary objectives.
1:42.0	They were to insinuate themselves into the local community
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