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Intrigue

The Ratline - Bonus: Stephen Fry meets Philippe Sands

Intrigue

BBC

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.64.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In a bonus episode of Intrigue: The Ratline, Stephen Fry interviews Philippe Sands in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. They discuss a range of issues brought up by the series including historical responsibility and the nature of evil. Plus as a special extra, there is a full version of The Ratline theme music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the BBC.

0:03.3

Thank you so much for sticking with me on the Rat Line for ten podcasts.

0:08.0

This is an extra episode and it's a bit different.

0:11.2

It's sort of a glimpse behind the scenes.

0:14.0

A few weeks ago I met Otto Vector in person.

0:17.6

Well, not quite.

0:19.0

The man who reads Otto's voice so brilliantly in our podcast, Stephen Fry.

0:24.0

Stephen interviewed me at the BBC's Broadcasting House in London

0:28.0

and then he took questions from the audience.

0:30.0

I hope you might be interested in our conversation.

0:33.0

So here are some highlights.

0:35.0

APPLAUSE

0:41.0

I'd like to be here.

0:42.0

For some, it's hard to take that the point of view of a Nazi is being given.

0:50.0

To me, what's so interesting about being...

0:54.0

Well, my grandfather used to say it's very easy to have a name like Goldberg.

0:58.0

But imagine if your name was Himmler.

1:00.0

It's actually a terrible thing to be descended from a war criminal,

1:05.0

from someone who was responsible for one of the worst crimes that humanity has ever perpetrated.

1:10.0

And you can go two ways.

1:12.0

One is to become an absolute fanatical anti-Nazi,

1:15.0

into abominate your father's name.

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