The Ratline – Ep 4. Where's Otto?
Intrigue
BBC
4.6 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The war is over and Otto has disappeared. Whilst his friends are committing suicide or being tried for mass murder Otto has escaped high into the mountains with the help of a young SS soldier. Meanwhile Charlotte is working on getting him out of Austria.
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.
Producer: Gemma Newby
Sound Design: Neil Churchill
Transcript
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| 0:40.0 | After November 1945, many of the closest associates of the Nazi leader Otto Vetter, |
| 0:45.2 | men like Arthur Seis Incvard and Hans Frank, are tried, convicted, sentenced, and then hanged at |
| 0:52.0 | Nuremberg for international crimes, including a new one called |
| 0:56.8 | Crimes Against Humanity. |
| 0:59.7 | Odilo Glaubachnik Glob commit suicide, as do many others. |
| 1:05.2 | Otter's wife Charlottea called these men some of our best friends. |
| 1:10.7 | Yet Otto spent four years on the run, indicted for war crimes, and it seems that the Allies |
| 1:16.7 | never came close to catching him. So how did he do it? I'm Philip Sans and this is the rat line. Document number 0000 505 2008 issued by the Central Registry for War Criminals, |
| 1:41.0 | date of crimes, 1942 to 1945. |
| 1:45.0 | Town crime committed in Lvov. |
| 1:49.0 | Subject is responsible for mass murder, shooting and executions under his command as |
| 1:57.0 | governor of District of Galicia. |
| 2:01.2 | Episode 4, Where's Otto? |
| 2:04.0 | So this is what happened. |
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