The Ratline – Ep.10: Persilschein

Intrigue

BBC

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Philippe and the team work out the identity of the mysterious man Otto lunched with on Lake Albano, and discover he too is connected with the Nazi Bishop. They take a trip to the lake to meet the Priest who buried the man and he reveals an unbelievable family secret. A story of life, love and a curious death told by writer and barrister, Philippe Sands. A cold war mystery that reveals shadowy forces at work and consequences that stretch across generations. In this episode, Dame Sue Black is incorrectly described as a forensic pathologist. She is a forensic anthropologist. Producer: Gemma Newby Sound Design: Neil Churchill

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0:00.0	This is the BBC.
0:10.2	On a brilliant January afternoon in 1974, Charlotte Averta,
0:15.2	who enjoyed being referred to as the Baroness,
0:18.0	left her home and strapped a large wooden cross
0:22.0	onto the roof of her car.
0:24.4	She then drove to an Austrian churchyard
0:27.6	to bury her husband for the second time.
0:46.4	Let us pray.
0:48.2	Lord Jesus Christ,
0:50.1	we ask you to bless this grave
0:52.1	and send your angel to watch over it.
0:55.8	We are bearing the body of our brother Otto Gustav in the ground here,
1:00.6	but we ask you, dear God,
1:02.9	to free his soul from all the chains of sins.
1:07.2	You gave man who deviated from your commandments,
1:10.2	a just punishment in death.
1:13.0	You promised paradise to the repentant thief.
1:16.8	We ask you to take our brother into your eternal bliss.
1:21.8	25 years after his death in Rome,
1:25.4	Otto von Wechter, lawyer, father, Nazi, fugitive,
1:30.6	was finally at peace.
1:33.4	We are grateful for your life.
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