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Narrator:
AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II,
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ALLIED SOLDIERS
UNCOVERED VAST HOARDS
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OF STOLEN GOODS ACROSS EUROPE.
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UNDER HITLER'S COMMAND,
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THE NAZIS HAD SYSTEMATICALLY
PLUNDERED MUSEUMS
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AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
FOR PRICELESS TREASURES
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AND WORKS OF ART.
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THE SCALE AT WHICH
THE NAZIS LOOTED
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AND STOCKPILED THE GREATEST
MASTERWORKS OF EUROPEAN ART --
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IT'S TRULY STAGGERING.
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THERE'S WORKS BY PICASSO,
WORKS BY KLIMT,
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WORKS BY CARAVAGGIO.
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THERE'S MANY WORKS OF ART
THAT HAVE SIMPLY DISAPPEARED.
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Narrator: WHILE RAVAGING EUROPE
OF ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE,
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RUMOR HAS IT THAT HITLER
WAS ALSO ON THE QUEST
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FOR AN EVEN BIGGER PRIZE --
HOLY RELICS...
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ESPECIALLY THE HOLY GRAIL
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AND THE POWER THAT HAVING
THESE OBJECTS WOULD BRING.
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Selwood: SO, ON THE ONE LEVEL,
THESE OBJECTS
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ARE HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL MERIT.
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BUT ONE CAN'T GET AWAY
FROM THE FACT THAT
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THE OCCULTISM OF NAZISM ALSO
IMBUED THEM WITH SPECIAL POWERS.
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Charney: HE BELIEVED THAT THERE
WAS A CODED TREASURE MAP
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BUILT INTO THE PAINTING
THAT WOULD HAVE LED
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TO SOME OF THE MOST
VENERATED CHRISTIAN RELICS.
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Janulis: HITLER WAS ORGANIZING
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POWER.
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HE WAS ORGANIZING THE POWER
OF RELIGIOUS PERSUASION.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator: ON JANUARY 30, 1933,
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ADOLF HITLER WAS APPOINTED
THE CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY.
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OVER THE COMING MONTHS, HE GREW
IN POWER AND BECAME A DICTATOR.
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HE SAW HIMSELF
AS KING OF THE WORLD.
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Walters: WHAT NAZISM
WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE
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WAS BASICALLY CREATING
A POLITICAL RELIGION,
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AND THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY
POWERFUL THING.
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NO ONE HAS REALLY CREATED
A POLITICAL RELIGION
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BEFORE THIS POINT
IN QUITE THE SAME WAY.
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Selwood: IF YOU LOOK AT NAZISM,
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IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF
ITS ELEMENTS HOLISTICALLY,
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YOU CAN'T BUT COME
TO THE CONCLUSION
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THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
VERY RELIGIOUS ABOUT IT.
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AND BY THAT, I MEAN
IT HAD BELIEFS.
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IT HAD A CENTRAL FIGURE.
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IT HAD AN IDEA FOR HOW
YOU WOULD REACH SALVATION.
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IT HAD A MISSION. IT HAD DOGMA.
IT HAD IMAGERY.
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YOU ONLY HAVE TO THINK OF
THE CATHEDRALS OF LIGHT
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AT NUREMBERG, BUILT BY SPEER,
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OF THE HYPNOTIC CHANTING
AND MARCHING,
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OF THE ADULATION TOWARDS
THIS ONE CHRIST-LIKE FIGURE,
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WHICH IS HOW HITLER MONSTROUSLY
LIKED TO PRESENT HIMSELF.
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SO IT SHOULD BE SEEN
AS AN IDEOLOGY,
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BUT WITH ABSOLUTE CULT
WRAPPING AROUND IT.
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McMahon: WHAT HE STROVE TO DO
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WAS TO REPLACE
ORGANIZED RELIGION IN GERMANY
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WITH A NEW NAZI RELIGION --
THAT JESUS WOULD BE AN ARYAN,
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THAT INSTEAD OF THE BIBLE,
THERE WOULD BE "MEIN KAMPF,"
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AND THAT INSTEAD
OF THE CRUCIFIX,
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THERE WOULD BE THE SWASTIKA.
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Janulis: THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
A HORRIFYING CHURCH.
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IT'S A CHURCH THAT BELIEVED
IN RACIAL PURITY.
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A CHURCH THAT WAS PART
OF A SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT
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THAT BELIEVED THAT ANYBODY
THAT WASN'T OF THE PUREST FORM
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WAS NOT WORTHY OF LIVING
OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED
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BELOW THE ARYANS.
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ALSO, THEY WERE PULLING
AND HIJACKING ELEMENTS
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OF PAGAN RELIGION,
OCCULT RELIGION,
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AND THROW IN JUST
THE NAZI BRUTALITY.
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IMAGINE GOING TO THAT CHURCH.
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[ SINGING IN GERMAN ]
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Narrator: GERMAN EXPANSION
THROUGHOUT EUROPE BEGAN IN 1938
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WITH THE ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA
AND THEN CONTINUED
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WITH THE OCCUPATION
OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1939.
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[ ENGINE RUMBLING ]
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AT THE SAME TIME, HITLER'S
NUMBER TWO, HEINRICH HIMMLER,
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WAS EXPANDING HIS KNOWLEDGE
OF THE OCCULT.
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HE WAS CONVINCED THE NAZIS
COULD ACHIEVE GREAT VICTORIES
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BY HARNESSING THE POWERS
OF THE RELICS.
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Picknett: SEVERAL OF THE OTHER
NAZIS IN THE HIERARCHY
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DID LEAN TOWARDS THE OCCULT,
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BUT MAINLY, OF COURSE,
IT WAS HEINRICH HIMMLER,
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HEAD OF THE SS,
WHO HAD THIS GLORIFIED IDEA
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OF HOW THE CHIVALRIC IDEAL
OF THE MEDIEVAL TIMES
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COULD SOMEHOW BE CHANNELED
THROUGH HIM AND HIS HENCHMEN.
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BUT HE WAS COMPLETELY BONKERS.
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Janulis: THE NAZIS WERE
SYSTEMATICALLY LOOTING EUROPE
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OF ALL OF THE ANCIENT
HOLY RELICS THAT THEY COULD.
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BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE,
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CHURCHES IN EUROPE
AT THIS TIME PERIOD
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HAD A LOT OF POWER
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AND PERSUASION
OVER THE LOCAL POPULATION
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BY TAKING THE MOST
SACRED THINGS,
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YOU'RE TAKING THE POWER
AND THE INFLUENCE
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AND ESSENTIALLY
KIND OF RIPPING THE HEART OUT.
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HE WANTED THE CHURCHES
TO BE DICTATED BY HIM.
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THE NEW RELIGION.
THE NEW EMPIRE.
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HITLER'S EMPIRE.
HITLER'S RELIGION.
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Picknett: HITLER HAD AN IDEA
FOR AFTER THE WAR.
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HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THIS
SORT OF PALATIAL MUSEUM,
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WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST
AND BIGGEST MUSEUM IN THE WORLD
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AND WOULD HAVE
THE BEST ART IN IT.
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SO HE BASICALLY SENT HIS
STORM TROOPERS OUT
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TO BRING THAT BACK TO GERMANY.
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Narrator: NOAH CHARNEY IS
AN ART-CRIMES INVESTIGATOR
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AND HAS BEEN STUDYING
THE NAZIS' OBSESSION
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WITH ARTWORKS AND RELICS.
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Charney: TO UNDERSTAND THE
NAZI INTEREST IN HOLY RELICS,
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IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THE PLACE OF ORIGIN OF NAZISM.
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AND IT REALLY GREW UP
IN A SOCIOECONOMIC WORLD,
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IN MIDDLE-CLASS
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA,
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WHERE PEOPLE WERE FOCUSED ON
MYSTICISM AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
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THIS BELIEF IN THE OCCULT
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WAS REALLY IN THE CULTURAL
OXYGEN OF THE TIME,
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SO IT SOUNDS, MAYBE,
FUNNY TO US TODAY,
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BUT AT THE TIME,
IT WAS NOT VERY EXOTIC.
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AND THE NAZI PARTY ACTUALLY
BEGAN AS AN OCCULT FRATERNITY
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BEFORE IT MORPHED
INTO A POLITICAL PARTY.
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HITLER AND HIMMLER
HAD THIS CONCEPT
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OF CREATING
A SORT OF NEW RELIGION.
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AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT FASCINATED THEM
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WAS THE LEGEND OF PARZIVAL,
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WHICH WAS A MEDIEVAL
CHRISTIAN POEM
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THAT HAD BEEN POPULARIZED
IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
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AND ALSO THROUGH WAGNER'S
INTERPRETATION
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OF THE GRAIL MYTH.
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THE ARMA CHRISTI,
OR WEAPONS OF CHRIST,
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WERE THE IMPLEMENTS THAT WERE
USED IN CHRIST'S PASSION.
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WE'VE GOT THE CROWN OF THORNS,
THE HOLY NAILS,
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THE VERONICA VEIL,
AND PIECES OF THE TRUE CROSS.
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THESE OBJECTS WERE VENERATED
BY CATHOLICS
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BUT ALSO THOUGHT BY SOME
TO HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWERS.
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AND CERTAIN KEY NAZIS,
HIMMLER AND HITLER ABOVE ALL,
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REALLY BELIEVED THAT THEY DID.
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THE HOLY GRAIL IS INCREDIBLY
SIGNIFICANT FOR ALL SORTS
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OF REASONS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
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FOR DEVOUT CHRISTIANS,
IT'S THE CUP THAT CAUGHT
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THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
AS HE HUNG ON THE CROSS
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JUST AFTER THE SPEAR OF DESTINY
PIERCED HIS SIDE.
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IT IS, FOR OTHER CHRISTIANS,
THE VESSEL THAT HE DRANK OUT OF
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AT THE LAST SUPPER.
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IT IS, FOR PEOPLE IN SEARCH
OF GLOBAL DOMINATION,
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A VESSEL THAT IS MEANT
TO PROVIDE THAT POWER.
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Picknett: IF ANYBODY WANTED
THE HOLY GRAIL,
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IT WAS ADOLF HITLER.
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IT WAS THE THING THAT WAS
GOING TO GIVE THEM
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ABSOLUTE INVINCIBILITY
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AND GREAT KNOWLEDGE
AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
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AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THEY WOULD WANT.
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IT WAS THE HOLY GRAIL.
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Narrator: AS THE STORY GOES,
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HITLER THOUGHT HE COULD LOCATE
THE HOLY GRAIL
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IF HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON
THE GHENT ALTARPIECE.
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WITHIN IT, HE BELIEVED,
WAS A SECRET CODE
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THAT WOULD LEAD HIM
TO THE RELIC.
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THE 12 PANELS
OF JAN VAN EYCK'S FAMOUS
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"ADORATION OF THE MYSTIC LAMB"
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IS BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL PAINTING IN HISTORY
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AND PERHAPS THE GREATEST ARTWORK
THAT THE NAZIS STOLE.
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Charney: EVERYTHING BAD
THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN
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TO A WORK OF ART
HAS HAPPENED TO THIS ONE.
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IT'S BEEN STOLEN AT LEAST
SIX TIMES, ALL OR IN PART.
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IT'S BEEN THE OBJECT OF FORGERY.
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IT WAS NEARLY DESTROYED.
PARTS OF IT WERE BURNED.
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IT WAS DISMEMBERED, PILLAGED,
USED FOR RANSOM.
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THE FINAL AND MOST
DYNAMIC ADVENTURE
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OF THE GHENT ALTARPIECE
LED IT HERE TO THIS SALT MINE
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DEEP IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
THAT WAS CONVERTED BY THE NAZIS
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INTO THIS HIGH-TECH
STOLEN-ART WAREHOUSE.
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Narrator: AND IT'S WITHIN THESE
MINES THAT MORE CLUES
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TO THE NAZIS' SECRET OBSESSION
WITH HOLY RELICS CAN BE FOUND.
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Narrator: DURING WORLD WAR II,
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THE NAZIS SYSTEMATICALLY
LOOTED VALUABLE ARTWORKS
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FROM ACROSS OCCUPIED EUROPE.
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BUT WAS THIS FOR MONETARY GAIN?
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OR DID HITLER HAVE
A MORE SINISTER MOTIVE?
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Bellinger: THE REALITY IS THERE
ARE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
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OF MASTERWORKS STILL LOST.
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NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE NAZIS
HID THEM SO CAREFULLY --
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WE'VE YET TO FIND THEM --
OR WHETHER THEY DESTROYED THEM,
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IF THEY, PERHAPS,
WERE PARTICULARLY REPUGNANT
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IN TERMS OF THEIR
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY.
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Narrator: THE ALTAUSSEE
SALT MINES IN AUSTRIA
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WERE ONE OF THE MANY
UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES
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USED BY THE NAZIS.
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IT'S BELIEVED THAT
IN THIS LOCATION ALONE,
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OVER 7,000 PIECES OF ART
WERE HIDDEN.
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NOAH MEETS WITH HARALD PERNKOPF,
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A LOCAL EXPERT,
TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
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OF HOW THE NAZIS USED THIS
UNDERGROUND TREASURE VAULT.
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Pernkopf: SO, NOW WE'RE
GOING TO WALK
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ABOUT 700 METERS
INSIDE THE MINE.
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THAT'S WHERE THE ART
WAS HIDDEN.
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TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY THIS WAS
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SUCH AN IDEAL ATMOSPHERE
TO STORE ART.
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IN HERE, WE HAVE
70% OF HUMIDITY.
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7° OF CELSIUS,
AND THE AIR IS VERY SALTY,
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SO THIS MAY MAKE PERFECT
CONDITIONS, EXCEPT FOR IRON.
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SO, IRON GETS RUSTY
IN HERE.
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BUT ALL KIND OF PAINTINGS
OR EVEN PAPER --
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YOU THINK 70% OR 75% OF HUMIDITY
WOULD BE TOO WET,
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BUT THE SALT
PRESERVES PERFECTLY.
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AND I IMAGINE THERE WERE
NO CONCERNS ABOUT BOMBS
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BECAUSE WE'RE VERY WELL-SECURED
INSIDE THIS MOUNTAIN.
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YES. WE ARE 700 METERS
INSIDE THE MINE,
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AND WE HAVE 200 METERS
OF SOLID ROCK ABOVE US.
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SO, ABOUT HOW MANY PIECES
OF ART WERE STORED HERE?
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IT WAS 7,000 PAINTINGS
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BUT ALSO GOLD-COIN COLLECTIONS,
WEAPON COLLECTIONS,
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MICHELANGELO'S
"MADONNA OF BRUGES."
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THERE WERE EIGHT DIFFERENT
ROOMS -- BIG ROOMS,
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40,000 SQUARE METERS
OF STORAGE ROOM.
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ALL WERE CONNECTED
WITH RAILROAD TRACKS.
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THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T
HAVE TO CARRY THEM FAR.
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IT'S HARD TO SAY
HOW MANY THINGS WERE IN HERE.
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AND IT'S MORE HARD TO SAY THE
VALUE OF THE WHOLE COLLECTION.
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SURE.
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♪
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Narrator: WHEN THE
MONUMENTS MEN DISCOVERED
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THE ALTAUSSEE TREASURE TROVE
AT THE END OF THE WAR,
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THE GHENT ALTARPIECE WAS AMONG
THE PRICELESS WORKS OF ART.
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Charney: HE ALSO WANTED IT
BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED
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THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT
PAINTING EVER MADE.
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AND SO IT WAS TO BE
THE CENTERPIECE OF HIS PLANNED
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SUPER MUSEUM AT LINZ.
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BUT THERE ARE ALSO
SOME ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
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ABOUT WHY HE MAY HAVE WANTED IT.
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ONE OF THEM GOES
THAT HE BELIEVED
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THAT THERE WAS
A CODED TREASURE MAP
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BUILT INTO THE PAINTING
THAT WOULD HAVE LED
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TO SOME OF THE MOST
VENERATED CHRISTIAN RELICS,
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AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE WANTED
THESE FOR BOTH SYMBOLIC
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AND, PERHAPS,
SUPERNATURAL REASONS.
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Bellinger: THE OCCULT WAS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
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TO THE NAZIS,
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BUT NOT FOR THE STRAIGHTFORWARD
REASONS ONE MIGHT THINK.
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[ MARCHING BAND MUSIC PLAYING ]
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YES, HIMMLER CLEARLY BELIEVED
IN THIS MUMBO-JUMBO,
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BUT THE REALITY IS THAT
THE EFFICACY OF IT
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WAS NOT IN PERFORMING RITUALS
THAT DID ANYTHING.
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IT WAS IN CLOAKING
THE ENTIRE NAZI PROJECT
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IN A CERTAIN MAGICAL LEGITIMACY
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THAT LEAPED WAY BACK INTO
THE DEEPEST MYTHICAL HISTORY
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THAT THE GERMAN PEOPLE REALLY
NEEDED TO BOOST THEIR MORALE
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AND TO FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THEMSELVES.
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♪
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Narrator: THIS WAS JUST ONE
OF MANY LOCATIONS
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WHERE THE NAZIS
HID THEIR STOLEN LOOT.
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ALL ACROSS EUROPE,
SECRET LAIRS CAN BE FOUND
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WHERE THEY STASHED
PRICELESS VALUABLES
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AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY
TO THE REGIME, HOLY RELICS.
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♪
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POLAND WAS INVADED
BY THE NAZIS IN 1939,
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AND IT BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART
OF THE REICH'S STRATEGY
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FOR TAKING OVER EUROPE.
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♪
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LIKE FRANCE AND ITALY,
ITS ARTWORK AND HOLY RELICS
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WERE RUTHLESSLY STOLEN
BY THE NAZIS.
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♪
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POLISH JOURNALIST AND EXPLORER
JOANNA LAMPARSKA
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HAS SPENT SEVERAL YEARS
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INVESTIGATING THE NAZIS' THEFT
OF ART AND HOLY TREASURES.
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♪
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IT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTED
THAT THE NAZIS HID THIS LOOT
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ALL OVER OCCUPIED EUROPE.
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IT WAS A VAST COLLECTION
OF MATERIAL.
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♪
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Lamparska: THEY MOVED ALL VERY
VALUABLE ITEMS TO GERMANY FIRST,
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TO BERLIN, TO MUSEUMS,
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TO PRIVATE COLLECTION
OF HIMMLER, HITLER, AND SO ON.
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BUT WHEN ALLIES WERE
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST
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AND WHEN RUSSIAN ARMY STARTED
TO APPROACH FROM THE EAST,
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THEY CHOSE A FEW CASTLES
AND PALACES,
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AN ABBEY IN LOWER SILESIA,
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TO COLLECT ALL THESE
CHURCH AND MUSEUM ITEMS,
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VALUABLE THINGS, JUST TO
PROTECT THEM FROM OTHER ARMIES.
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Narrator: TODAY,
BENEATH A CHURCH IN POLAND,
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UNDERGROUND TUNNELS ARE BELIEVED
TO STILL HOLD POWERFUL RELICS
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STOLEN BY THE NAZIS
FOR THEIR OWN OCCULT USE.
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♪
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Narrator: THROUGHOUT THE NAZI
OCCUPATION OF EUROPE,
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IT WAS ACCEPTED PRACTICE
FOR SOLDIERS
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00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:26,424
TO RUTHLESSLY STEAL PRICELESS
WORKS OF ART WHEREVER THEY WENT.
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OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE
WERE RELIGIOUS RELICS
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BELIEVED BY THE GERMAN LEADERS
TO POSSESS OCCULT POWERS.
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00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:35,967
♪
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ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WAS
USED TO STORE THEIR PLUNDER
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WAS LUBIAZ ABBEY
IN SOUTHWEST POLAND.
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IT'S A FORMER MONASTERY
AND, ARCHITECTURALLY,
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ONE OF THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN
COMPLEXES IN THE WORLD.
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♪
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ITS UNDERGROUND SPACES WERE USED
EXTENSIVELY BY THE NAZIS
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TO BUILD RESEARCH LABORATORIES
AND MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
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00:16:00,410 --> 00:16:06,581
♪
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00:16:06,583 --> 00:16:09,700
POLISH JOURNALIST AND EXPLORER
JOANNA LAMPARSKA
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00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:11,052
HAS COME TO LUBIAZ
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TO SEARCH ITS SUBTERRANEAN
TUNNELS AND CHAMBERS
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WITH A TEAM OF EXPERIENCED
LOCAL TREASURE HUNTERS.
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00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:20,711
CAN THEY FIND EVIDENCE
OF THE PRICELESS HOLY RELICS
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00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:24,816
AND OTHER VALUABLES ALLEGEDLY
HIDDEN AT THE SITE?
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Lamparska: THEY HAD TO FIND
HIDDEN PLACES,
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00:16:28,071 --> 00:16:31,773
AND IN THE END OF WAR,
THEY BROUGHT IT HERE.
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00:16:31,775 --> 00:16:33,324
EXPLORERS AND TREASURE HUNTERS
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00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:37,612
BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING STILL MAY
BE HIDDEN IN THIS ABBEY.
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00:16:37,614 --> 00:16:47,472
♪
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Narrator: AMONG THIS LABYRINTH
OF TUNNELS AND PASSAGEWAYS,
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SECRET ROOMS AND SPACES
332
00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:55,913
LAY HIDDEN BEHIND BRICK
AND STONE WALLS.
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00:16:55,915 --> 00:16:58,783
♪
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00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:00,985
THE TEAM IS USING
HIGH-TECH METHODS
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00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:03,621
TO EXPLORE THESE DARK VOIDS.
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00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,157
♪
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00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:10,261
Lamparska:
CHRISTOPH IS USING SO-CALLED
INSPECTION ENDOSCOPE CAMERA
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IT IS A VERY SMALL CAMERA.
339
00:17:12,449 --> 00:17:16,284
STICK TO A WIRE
OR A CABLE OR A STICK,
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00:17:16,286 --> 00:17:19,320
AND YOU PUT IT INTO
A VERY NARROW HOLE
341
00:17:19,322 --> 00:17:22,673
TO SEE WHAT IS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL.
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♪
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00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:31,966
IN THIS ABBEY, THE GERMANS
MADE A MILITARY FACTORY
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00:17:31,968 --> 00:17:37,138
DURING THE WAR, AND THEY ROBBED
THE WHOLE MONASTERY,
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00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:41,476
AND THEY HID ALL VALUABLES
FROM THIS BUILDING SOMEWHERE.
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00:17:41,478 --> 00:17:45,680
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THEY WERE
BURIED IN A CRYPT FOR A MOMENT.
347
00:17:45,682 --> 00:17:47,348
THEN THEY WERE STOLEN.
348
00:17:47,350 --> 00:17:49,183
BUT THERE WAS A LOT
OF TREASURE HUNTERS
349
00:17:49,185 --> 00:17:53,187
WHO STILL BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING
COULD BE HIDDEN
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00:17:53,189 --> 00:17:57,325
IN THE LOCKED CHAMBERS
IN THE CELLARS OF THIS ABBEY.
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00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:59,444
♪
352
00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:02,530
SOME PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING FOR GOLD.
353
00:18:02,532 --> 00:18:05,366
SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
FOR WORKS OF ART.
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00:18:05,368 --> 00:18:07,702
NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT IS HIDDEN HERE.
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00:18:07,704 --> 00:18:11,289
♪
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00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:14,325
Narrator: CHURCHES UNDER THE
SHADOW OF THE NAZI REGIME
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00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:18,579
SAW THEIR PRIZED RELICS
AND MASTERPIECES SPIRITED AWAY,
358
00:18:18,581 --> 00:18:21,549
BUT THIS WAS MORE
THAN MERE ROBBERY.
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00:18:21,551 --> 00:18:23,918
HITLER AND MANY IN HIS REGIME
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00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,637
POSITIVELY LOATHED
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
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[ CHEERING ]
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00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:32,009
♪
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00:18:32,011 --> 00:18:34,595
Selwood: THE REASON WHY HITLER
HAD SUCH A LOATHING
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FOR CATHOLICISM WAS THAT,
FUNDAMENTALLY,
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00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:39,684
THE IDEA BEHIND CATHOLICISM
AND CHRISTIANITY
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00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:42,520
IS THAT EVERYBODY
IS EQUAL IN GOD'S EYES,
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00:18:42,522 --> 00:18:44,105
THAT EVERYBODY SHARES
GOD'S LOVE.
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00:18:44,107 --> 00:18:46,724
TO NAZIS,
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ANATHEMA.
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00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:49,059
FOR THEM, THERE ARE
COMPLETE HIERARCHIES
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00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:50,394
OF THE ORDER OF PEOPLE.
371
00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:52,079
SO THEY HAD TO EXTERMINATE
THOSE VALUES
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00:18:52,081 --> 00:18:53,447
THAT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN.
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SO A WAR WAS BEGUN
AGAINST CATHOLICISM.
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McMahon:
THE NAZIS ARE ARRESTING PRIESTS.
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00:18:59,739 --> 00:19:02,406
THEY'RE CLOSING DOWN
ROMAN CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS.
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00:19:02,408 --> 00:19:05,676
THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN
CATHOLIC POLITICAL PARTIES.
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00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:09,130
AND SO THERE'S JUST THIS
GROWING STRESS AND TENSION
378
00:19:09,132 --> 00:19:12,517
BETWEEN CATHOLICISM AND NAZISM.
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00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:15,386
♪
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00:19:15,388 --> 00:19:19,023
Narrator:
HITLER TOOK A VERY FIRM LINE
WITH THE POLISH PEOPLE.
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HE KNEW THEY WERE
ALL PRACTICING CHRISTIANS,
382
00:19:21,311 --> 00:19:23,694
REGULAR AND FAITHFUL
CHURCHGOERS,
383
00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:28,566
BUT WANTED THEM TO FOLLOW AND
BELIEVE IN A NEW NAZI IDEOLOGY.
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00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:32,269
♪
385
00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:35,656
Lamparska: CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS
A VERY STRONG LINK
386
00:19:35,658 --> 00:19:37,992
TO POLISH NATIONAL HISTORY,
387
00:19:37,994 --> 00:19:43,331
AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
GERMANS TO CLOSE THE CHURCHES,
388
00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:47,117
TO DESTROY THEM,
TO TURN THEM INTO PRISON,
389
00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:51,138
JUST TO HUMILIATE THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY IN POLAND.
390
00:19:51,140 --> 00:19:53,307
♪
391
00:19:53,309 --> 00:19:56,644
THEY TOOK OVER THOUSANDS
OF POLISH CHURCHES.
392
00:19:56,646 --> 00:19:58,646
MANY OF THOSE PRIESTS WERE SENT
393
00:19:58,648 --> 00:20:02,800
TO EITHER CONCENTRATION CAMPS
OR KILLED.
394
00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:06,687
MOST OF THE RELICS AND ARTIFACTS
WERE TAKEN AND ESSENTIALLY
395
00:20:06,689 --> 00:20:12,944
JUST WIPED THE POLISH
CHURCH CULTURE FROM EXISTENCE.
396
00:20:12,946 --> 00:20:18,199
♪
397
00:20:18,201 --> 00:20:20,167
Narrator: ONE OF THE MOST
BIZARRE EXAMPLES
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00:20:20,169 --> 00:20:23,020
OF NAZI CULTURAL VANDALISM
399
00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:25,856
CAN BE FOUND HERE
IN SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH,
400
00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:30,962
LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF OLESNO
IN PRESENT-DAY POLAND.
401
00:20:30,964 --> 00:20:33,764
A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL CLERGY
LEADS JOANNA TO THE SITE
402
00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,967
OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY CRIME.
403
00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:39,520
♪
404
00:20:39,522 --> 00:20:42,556
Lamparska: DURING WORLD WAR II,
NAZIS COME HERE
405
00:20:42,558 --> 00:20:45,509
AND TAKE DOWN THE BIGGEST
AND MOST BEAUTIFUL BELL
406
00:20:45,511 --> 00:20:47,695
OF THE SAINT MICHAEL CHURCH.
407
00:20:47,697 --> 00:20:51,949
IT WAS TAKEN TO GERMANY AND WAS
LOST UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.
408
00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:54,785
♪
409
00:20:54,787 --> 00:20:56,954
Gough: THE NAZIS ARE ESTIMATED
TO HAVE SEIZED
410
00:20:56,956 --> 00:21:05,696
OVER 175,000 CHURCH BELLS
ACROSS EUROPE.
411
00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:09,033
THIS IS GOING AT THE HEART
OF THE SPIRITUALITY
412
00:21:09,035 --> 00:21:13,471
OF EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY
THAT THEY WERE TAKING OVER.
413
00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:15,873
♪
414
00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:17,808
Selwood: BECAUSE THE NAZIS
NEVER WASTED ANYTHING,
415
00:21:17,810 --> 00:21:20,261
THEY TOOK THE METAL
AND THEY MELTED IT DOWN,
416
00:21:20,263 --> 00:21:23,881
AND THEY USED IT FOR MUNITIONS.
417
00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:27,351
SO THEY'VE TAKEN THESE BELLS
FROM BUILDINGS OF PEACE
418
00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:29,987
AND TURNED THEM INTO WEAPONS.
419
00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,690
McMahon: SO TERRIFIED WERE
PRIESTS AT THE PROSPECT OF
420
00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:34,325
THEIR HOLY RELICS,
421
00:21:34,327 --> 00:21:38,245
THE CHALICES AND THE MONSTRANCES
AND THE BELLS,
422
00:21:38,247 --> 00:21:40,031
BEING STOLEN BY THE NAZIS
423
00:21:40,033 --> 00:21:44,418
THAT THEY EVEN PUT THEM INTO
COFFINS AND STAGED FAKE FUNERALS
424
00:21:44,420 --> 00:21:48,673
IN ORDER TO HIDE THESE ITEMS
FROM PRYING NAZI EYES.
425
00:21:48,675 --> 00:21:52,093
[ BELL CHIMING ]
426
00:21:52,095 --> 00:21:55,262
Narrator: FORTUNATELY FOR
THE PARISHIONERS OF OLESNO,
427
00:21:55,264 --> 00:21:57,214
THE MYSTERY OF THEIR
CHURCH BELLS
428
00:21:57,216 --> 00:22:00,217
HAD A HAPPY CONCLUSION.
429
00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:03,087
Lamparska: FOR 60 YEARS,
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN OLESNO
430
00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:05,256
WAS WONDERING
WHERE THE BELL COULD BE.
431
00:22:05,258 --> 00:22:08,826
THEY HEARD SOMETHING
ABOUT BELL CEMETERY IN HAMBURG.
432
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:12,096
THEY HEARD THAT SOMEBODY
RECOVERED THE BELLS
433
00:22:12,098 --> 00:22:13,531
IN OTHER CITIES,
434
00:22:13,533 --> 00:22:17,101
SO THEY DECIDED
TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION.
435
00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,286
AND WHEN THEY WERE INFORMED
THAT THERE WAS A CHURCH
436
00:22:19,288 --> 00:22:21,605
IN GERMANY WITH A BELL
FROM OLESNO,
437
00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:23,273
THEY DECIDED TO ACT,
438
00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:25,793
AND THEY RECOVER THIS
PIECE OF ART.
439
00:22:25,795 --> 00:22:28,129
[ BELL CHIMES ]
440
00:22:28,131 --> 00:22:31,215
Narrator: BUT NOT ALL RELIGIOUS
OBJECTS STOLEN FROM CHURCHES
441
00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:33,751
WERE PUT TO SUCH PRACTICAL USES.
442
00:22:33,753 --> 00:22:35,136
FOR THE NAZIS,
443
00:22:35,138 --> 00:22:39,240
SOME HOLY RELICS SERVED
MUCH MORE OCCULT PURPOSES.
444
00:22:41,344 --> 00:22:47,098
♪
445
00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:49,400
Narrator: AS THE NAZIS STORMED
ACROSS EUROPE,
446
00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:52,370
TAKING CONTROL OF COUNTRY
AFTER COUNTRY,
447
00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:54,739
SOLDIERS PLUNDERED
THE GREATEST ART,
448
00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:59,110
HOLY RELICS, AND GOLD
WHEREVER THEY WENT.
449
00:22:59,112 --> 00:23:03,013
IN THE END, THEY AMASSED
A VAST FORTUNE OF STOLEN GOODS,
450
00:23:03,015 --> 00:23:07,785
WHICH THEY HID IN SALT MINES
ACROSS GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.
451
00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:09,787
THE NAZIS' GRAND PLAN
WAS TO CAPTURE
452
00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,373
AND THEN DISPLAY SOME OF
THE GREATEST HOLY RELICS
453
00:23:12,375 --> 00:23:13,958
IN THE WORLD.
454
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,677
♪
455
00:23:16,679 --> 00:23:19,430
IN THE END,
THEY ONLY CAPTURED ONE PIECE,
456
00:23:19,432 --> 00:23:22,833
THE HOLY LANCE, WHICH WAS
CLAIMED TO BE THE ACTUAL SPEAR
457
00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:26,804
THAT PIERCED CHRIST'S SIDE
WHILE HE WAS ON THE CRUCIFIX.
458
00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:30,875
♪
459
00:23:30,877 --> 00:23:33,444
Selwood: THE SPEAR OF DESTINY,
OR LANCE OF LONGINUS,
460
00:23:33,446 --> 00:23:34,812
WAS SOMETHING THAT HITLER FELT
461
00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:37,448
HAD DEEP SYMBOLIC
SIGNIFICANCE FOR HIM
462
00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:40,201
WHEN HE FIRST SAW IT
IN THE MUSEUM IN VIENNA,
463
00:23:40,203 --> 00:23:42,453
HE SAID HE FELT AS IF HE'D
FORMERLY HELD IT,
464
00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:44,655
THAT IT WAS HIS
TALISMAN OF POWER
465
00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:48,776
AND IT GAVE THE DESTINY OF
THE WORLD TO HIM IN HIS HANDS.
466
00:23:48,778 --> 00:23:51,562
♪
467
00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:54,698
Narrator: DESPITE THE NAZIS
HAVING TAKEN IT TO NUREMBERG,
468
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,301
TODAY, THIS LEGENDARY OBJECT
IS KEPT WITH OTHER
469
00:23:57,303 --> 00:23:59,103
PRICELESS ARTIFACTS
IN THE TREASURY
470
00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:01,539
OF THE HOFBURG PALACE IN VIENNA.
471
00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:03,707
♪
472
00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:07,228
DOCTOR FRANZ KIRCHWEGER
IS THE COLLECTION'S CURATOR.
473
00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:48,085
Narrator: THIS EXTRAORDINARY
ASSORTMENT OF OBJECTS
474
00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:50,654
IS PART OF
THE IMPERIAL REGALIA,
475
00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:56,260
THE CEREMONIAL CROWN JEWELS
OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS.
476
00:24:56,262 --> 00:24:58,295
DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES,
477
00:24:58,297 --> 00:25:01,282
THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS
WERE THE IMPERIAL CROWN,
478
00:25:01,284 --> 00:25:06,036
IMPERIAL SWORD, AND THE
CHRIST-LINKED SPEAR OF DESTINY.
479
00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:09,373
♪
480
00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:13,043
Bellinger:
THIS SPEAR THAT SUPPOSEDLY
PIERCED THE SIDE OF CHRIST
481
00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:16,096
AND THUS WAS EMPOWERED
WITH HIS POWER
482
00:25:16,098 --> 00:25:19,884
THEN WENT ON TO DEVELOP
EVEN GREATER LEGEND AS IT PASSED
483
00:25:19,886 --> 00:25:23,637
FROM THE HAND OF ONE
POWERFUL MAN TO THE OTHER,
484
00:25:23,639 --> 00:25:26,140
UNDER THE BELIEF THAT
IF THEY WIELDED THIS SPEAR,
485
00:25:26,142 --> 00:25:27,758
THEY WERE OMNIPOTENT
486
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,695
AND THEY COULD BEND THE WORLD
TO THEIR WILL.
487
00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:34,648
McMahon: FOR HITLER,
HAVING THE IMPERIAL REGALIA
488
00:25:34,650 --> 00:25:35,933
OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
489
00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:40,204
WAS HIS ASPIRATION
TO CREATE A 1,000-YEAR REICH.
490
00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:42,773
I MEAN, THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
LASTED 1,000 YEARS,
491
00:25:42,775 --> 00:25:45,960
SO HE WANTED HIS REICH
TO LAST THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
492
00:25:45,962 --> 00:25:47,778
AND IN THE SAME WAY
THAT HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
493
00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:49,296
HAD SACRED RELICS
494
00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:51,882
WHICH GAVE THEM AUTHORITY
BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
495
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:55,386
HITLER VIEWED THE SACRED RELICS,
SUCH AS THE SPEAR OF DESTINY,
496
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:56,837
IN THE SAME LIGHT.
497
00:25:56,839 --> 00:26:00,123
♪
498
00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:03,494
Bellinger: HITLER GOT HIS HANDS
ON A SPEAR OF DESTINY.
499
00:26:03,496 --> 00:26:06,096
NOW, THE FACT IS THAT SEVERAL
DIFFERENT OBJECTS
500
00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:10,067
HAVE BEEN PRESENTED
AS THE SPEAR OF DESTINY,
501
00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:11,735
WHICH, AGAIN, GOES TO SHOW YOU
502
00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:13,804
THAT THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS OBJECT
503
00:26:13,806 --> 00:26:15,973
ISN'T REALLY
IN THE THING ITSELF.
504
00:26:15,975 --> 00:26:18,442
IT'S IN WHAT IT STOOD FOR.
505
00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:20,811
♪
506
00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:44,535
Walters: THE WHOLE STORY OF
THE SPEAR OF LONGINUS
507
00:26:44,537 --> 00:26:47,170
AND THE WAY IT'S TREATED BY
THESE SORT OF JUNK HISTORIANS --
508
00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:48,305
IT'S LIKE THE
ARK OF THE COVENANT
509
00:26:48,307 --> 00:26:49,857
IN EPISODE 1 OF "INDIANA JONES"
510
00:26:49,859 --> 00:26:52,175
IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM,
THE NAZIS, INFINITE POWER.
511
00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:54,344
IT'S JUST TOTAL NONSENSE.
512
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:56,614
IT'S JUST ANOTHER RELIC
513
00:26:56,616 --> 00:26:58,732
THAT'S MEANT TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH CHRIST.
514
00:26:58,734 --> 00:27:03,454
AND YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW, THAT
THAT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
515
00:27:37,773 --> 00:27:39,056
Narrator: FOR CENTURIES,
516
00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:42,760
NUREMBERG HAD BEEN HOME
TO THE IMPERIAL REGALIA,
517
00:27:42,762 --> 00:27:46,430
AND HITLER THOUGHT THAT THE CITY
WAS WHERE THEY BELONGED.
518
00:27:46,432 --> 00:27:48,465
BUT IN THE LATE 1700s,
519
00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:52,569
THESE CROWN JEWELS WERE HASTILY
MOVED FROM NUREMBERG TO VIENNA
520
00:27:52,571 --> 00:27:54,788
TO AVOID NAPOLEON'S CLUTCHES,
521
00:27:54,790 --> 00:27:58,775
AND HITLER WAS DETERMINED
TO TAKE THEM BACK.
522
00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,794
IN 1938, THE LANCE,
523
00:28:00,796 --> 00:28:03,464
AS WELL AS THE REST OF
THE IMPERIAL REGALIA,
524
00:28:03,466 --> 00:28:06,667
WAS BROUGHT BACK TO ITS
FORMER HOME OF NUREMBERG.
525
00:28:06,669 --> 00:28:09,619
♪
526
00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:11,839
Bellinger: NUREMBERG WAS
SACRED TO THE NAZIS.
527
00:28:11,841 --> 00:28:17,628
IT WAS THE TRADITIONAL HEART
OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.
528
00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:21,315
AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
HAD BEEN, AT ITS HEART,
529
00:28:21,317 --> 00:28:23,183
A GERMAN STATE.
530
00:28:23,185 --> 00:28:28,138
AND SO HITLER WANTED TO RETURN
THESE ITEMS OF POWER
531
00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:33,610
TO THIS HEART AND RULE HIS
THIRD REICH FROM IT.
532
00:28:33,612 --> 00:28:36,480
Selwood: NUREMBERG WAS
THE HEART OF NAZISM.
533
00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:38,982
IT'S WHERE HITLER HELD
ALL THE EARLY RALLIES.
534
00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:41,702
IT'S WHERE THEY WOULD
RECONVENE EVERY YEAR
535
00:28:41,704 --> 00:28:43,454
TO EXTOL THE VIRTUES OF NAZISM.
536
00:28:43,456 --> 00:28:45,622
BUT IT WAS ALSO
DEEPLY SYMBOLIC PLACE.
537
00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:49,343
IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT MEDIEVAL
CITIES OF SOUTHERN GERMANY.
538
00:28:49,345 --> 00:28:52,880
IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THE CHURCH
AND RELICS AND CATHEDRALS
539
00:28:52,882 --> 00:28:54,131
HAD VERY POWERFUL SWAY.
540
00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:56,767
IT WAS A SYMBOLIC PLACE
IN THE GERMAN MIND.
541
00:28:56,769 --> 00:28:58,635
AND THE NAZIS HARNESSED
ALL OF THAT
542
00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:00,837
AND MADE IT THEIR
OCCULT HEADQUARTERS.
543
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:04,641
[ SPEAKING GERMAN ]
544
00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:09,613
[ ANTHEM PLAYS ]
545
00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:11,115
Charney: IT'S AN AMAZING
FEELING TO BE HERE
546
00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:15,235
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT THE
NAZI RALLY GROUNDS IN NUREMBERG.
547
00:29:15,237 --> 00:29:17,404
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
548
00:29:17,406 --> 00:29:20,407
GATHERED HERE
DURING SIX ENORMOUS RALLIES
549
00:29:20,409 --> 00:29:23,293
BETWEEN 1933 AND 1938.
550
00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:27,214
THIS IS THE ZEPPELIN FIELD,
AND OVER HERE ON THIS GRANDSTAND
551
00:29:27,216 --> 00:29:32,536
IS WHERE HITLER WOULD HAVE GIVEN
HIS MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES.
552
00:29:32,538 --> 00:29:40,427
[ HITLER SPEAKING GERMAN ]
553
00:29:40,429 --> 00:29:43,313
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
554
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,432
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF IDEAS
ABOUT WHY HITLER
555
00:29:45,434 --> 00:29:47,717
WANTED TO POSSESS
THE CROWN JEWELS SO BADLY,
556
00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:49,853
PARTICULARLY
THE SPEAR OF DESTINY.
557
00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:52,990
THE MORE ACCEPTED THEORY
IS ITS SYMBOLIC VALUE,
558
00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:55,058
THAT IT WOULD
SYMBOLICALLY LINK HIM
559
00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:57,394
TO ALL OF THE PAST
GERMANIC KINGS,
560
00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:58,779
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS,
561
00:29:58,781 --> 00:30:02,065
AND HE SAW HIMSELF AS
THE LATTER-DAY VERSION OF THEM,
562
00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:04,418
A NEW INCARNATION
FOR THE THIRD REICH.
563
00:30:04,420 --> 00:30:08,238
BUT THEN THERE ARE THE MORE
EXOTIC THEORIES THAT MAY POSIT,
564
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,074
AND IT'S ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE THAT
HITLER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THIS,
565
00:30:11,076 --> 00:30:12,509
THAT SOME OF THESE HOLY RELICS,
566
00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:14,294
PARTICULARLY
THE SPEAR OF DESTINY,
567
00:30:14,296 --> 00:30:17,798
MIGHT HAVE GRANTED THE OWNER
SOME SORT OF SUPERHUMAN POWERS.
568
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,916
IN FACT, THE LEGEND GOES
THAT THE SPEAR OF DESTINY,
569
00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:23,187
IF IT'S CARRIED IN BATTLE,
WHOEVER CARRIES IT CAN'T LOSE.
570
00:30:23,189 --> 00:30:26,590
AND WE KNOW THAT HITLER AND
HIMMLER WERE RESEARCHING THINGS
571
00:30:26,592 --> 00:30:28,308
THAT WOULD SUPPORT
THE WAR EFFORT
572
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:30,527
FOR SUPERNATURAL MEANS, AS WELL.
573
00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:32,262
SO IT'S ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE
TO BELIEVE
574
00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:34,648
THAT HITLER THOUGHT
HEDGING HIS BETS,
575
00:30:34,650 --> 00:30:36,200
THE POSSESSION
OF THE SPEAR OF DESTINY
576
00:30:36,202 --> 00:30:38,819
MIGHT HAVE HELPED FROM
A MILITARY STANDPOINT, AS WELL.
577
00:30:38,821 --> 00:30:42,706
♪
578
00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:46,243
Narrator: HITLER'S DREAMS WOULD
EVENTUALLY LAY IN TATTERS,
579
00:30:46,245 --> 00:30:49,413
AND AS THEIR EVIL EMPIRE
COLLAPSED AROUND THEM,
580
00:30:49,415 --> 00:30:52,799
WHERE DID THE NAZIS
HIDE THESE PRECIOUS RELICS?
581
00:30:54,153 --> 00:31:02,659
♪
582
00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:04,477
Narrator: DURING WORLD WAR II,
583
00:31:04,479 --> 00:31:07,247
THE NAZI REGIME
SYSTEMATICALLY LOOTED ARTWORKS
584
00:31:07,249 --> 00:31:10,183
AND RELIGIOUS RELICS
FROM ACROSS OCCUPIED EUROPE.
585
00:31:10,185 --> 00:31:13,653
♪
586
00:31:13,655 --> 00:31:16,990
THE MOST IMPORTANT RELIC
HITLER EVER GOT HIS HANDS ON
587
00:31:16,992 --> 00:31:21,128
WAS THE HOLY LANCE,
OR SPEAR OF DESTINY,
588
00:31:21,130 --> 00:31:22,679
THAT HE KEPT IN NUREMBERG,
589
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:24,965
TOGETHER WITH OTHER
PRICELESS PIECES
590
00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:27,517
WHICH COMPRISE
THE IMPERIAL REGALIA,
591
00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:31,838
OR GERMAN CROWN JEWELS.
592
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:36,443
ART HISTORIAN NOAH CHARNEY
FOLLOWS THE TRAIL.
593
00:31:36,445 --> 00:31:37,778
Charney:
WHEN THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS
594
00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:40,697
BROUGHT TO GERMANY
AND THE ALLIES STARTED BOMBING,
595
00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:43,116
THERE WAS A SERIOUS CONCERN
THAT SOME OF THE ART TREASURES
596
00:31:43,118 --> 00:31:45,118
OF NUREMBERG,
INCLUDING THE CROWN JEWELS,
597
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,704
WOULD BE DESTROYED
IN AN ALLIED AIR RAID.
598
00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:49,189
IN ORDER TO PREVENT THIS,
599
00:31:49,191 --> 00:31:50,707
IT WAS ORDERED
THAT THE CROWN JEWELS
600
00:31:50,709 --> 00:31:53,043
SHOULD BE STORED
IN A SECRET BUNKER,
601
00:31:53,045 --> 00:31:55,078
A VAULT UNDERNEATH
NUREMBERG CASTLE,
602
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,713
WHERE I'M STANDING NOW.
603
00:31:56,715 --> 00:31:58,632
THAT VAULT IS WHERE
THE CROWN JEWELS REMAINED
604
00:31:58,634 --> 00:31:59,900
THROUGHOUT THE WAR,
605
00:31:59,902 --> 00:32:02,836
UNTIL THEY DISAPPEARED
FROM THIS LOCKED VAULT.
606
00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:05,205
♪
607
00:32:05,207 --> 00:32:09,476
Narrator:
TODAY, THIS TUNNEL SYSTEM IS
KNOWN AS THE KUNST BUNKER.
608
00:32:09,478 --> 00:32:12,012
♪
609
00:32:12,014 --> 00:32:14,547
NOAH MEETS GUIDE
ANDREAS CLEMENS,
610
00:32:14,549 --> 00:32:17,100
WHO CAN TELL HIM MORE
ABOUT THE INTRIGUING SITE
611
00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:20,020
WHERE THE IMPERIAL REGALIA
AND THE HOLY LANCE
612
00:32:20,022 --> 00:32:22,522
WERE SAFELY HIDDEN
FROM THE ALLIES.
613
00:32:22,524 --> 00:32:24,691
♪
614
00:32:24,693 --> 00:32:28,946
Clemens: THE BUNKER ORIGINALLY
WAS A BEER CELLAR.
615
00:32:28,948 --> 00:32:32,082
THE BEER CELLARS ARE NOW
640 YEARS OLD.
616
00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:34,668
THERE ARE FOUR
FOOTBALL FIELDS OF THEM,
617
00:32:34,670 --> 00:32:37,337
AND IN SOME SPOTS,
THEY'RE UP TO FOUR FLOORS DEEP.
618
00:32:37,339 --> 00:32:39,906
♪
619
00:32:39,908 --> 00:32:41,792
THIS PLACE WAS BOMBPROOF.
620
00:32:41,794 --> 00:32:43,576
THE SPOT WHERE WE'RE
STANDING RIGHT NOW
621
00:32:43,578 --> 00:32:47,965
HAS APPROXIMATELY 24 METERS
OF SOLID SANDSTONE ROCK ON TOP.
622
00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:50,600
SO THAT WAS SAFE FROM BOMBS.
623
00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:53,887
NEXT THING THEY DID, THEY PUT IN
A VENTILATION SYSTEM.
624
00:32:53,889 --> 00:32:56,089
SO FIRE WAS NO PROBLEM HERE.
625
00:32:56,091 --> 00:32:57,774
BOMBS WERE NO PROBLEM HERE.
626
00:32:57,776 --> 00:33:01,611
THE PLACE WAS DRY.
THE PLACE WAS WELL-VENTILATED.
627
00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:03,613
SO, AT LEAST DURING WARTIME,
628
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,732
THIS WAS PERFECT
TO STORE ARTWORK.
629
00:33:05,734 --> 00:33:08,702
♪
630
00:33:08,704 --> 00:33:11,405
Narrator: EVEN AS THE ALLIES
OVERRAN GERMANY,
631
00:33:11,407 --> 00:33:13,657
THE TREASURES STORED
IN THE KUNST BUNKER
632
00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,876
SHOULD HAVE REMAINED HIDDEN.
633
00:33:15,878 --> 00:33:17,794
BUT A U.S. ARMY
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
634
00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:22,449
NAMED WALTER HORN
HAD A LUCKY BREAK.
635
00:33:22,451 --> 00:33:25,669
YET HORN WASN'T AN AVERAGE
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.
636
00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:29,006
HE HAD AN EXTENSIVE EDUCATION
IN ART HISTORY.
637
00:33:31,226 --> 00:33:33,626
WALTER HORN WAS A
SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
638
00:33:33,628 --> 00:33:36,563
IN THE U.S. ARMY,
AND AT THE END OF THE WAR,
639
00:33:36,565 --> 00:33:40,851
HE WAS INTERROGATING
A 48-YEAR-OLD GERMAN PRIVATE,
640
00:33:40,853 --> 00:33:44,104
A RATHER BELEAGUERED FIGURE
CALLED FRITZ HUBER.
641
00:33:44,106 --> 00:33:47,324
AND HE WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT
BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPONS
642
00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:50,610
THAT THE AMERICANS WERE WORRIED
THAT HITLER MAY HAVE CONCEALED
643
00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:53,646
IN CERTAIN WAYS THAT COULD BE
USED AT THE END OF THE WAR.
644
00:33:53,648 --> 00:33:56,316
THEY WEREN'T GETTING ANYWHERE
IN THE INTERROGATION.
645
00:33:56,318 --> 00:33:58,719
AND THEN HUBER JUST ASKED HIM
646
00:33:58,721 --> 00:34:01,988
WHETHER HE WAS INTERESTED
IN OLD ART
647
00:34:01,990 --> 00:34:06,877
AND NOT REALIZING, MAYBE, THAT
HORN WAS A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY,
648
00:34:06,879 --> 00:34:08,795
A MEDIEVALIST AT HARVARD.
649
00:34:08,797 --> 00:34:11,998
AND HE THEN STARTED
TO DESCRIBE ARTIFACTS
650
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,669
WHICH HORN SUDDENLY REALIZED
WAS THE IMPERIAL REGALIA,
651
00:34:15,671 --> 00:34:19,039
INCLUDING THE SPEAR OF DESTINY.
652
00:34:19,041 --> 00:34:21,942
AND IT WAS BURIED
UNDERNEATH NUREMBERG CASTLE
653
00:34:21,944 --> 00:34:25,112
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED BUNKER.
654
00:34:25,114 --> 00:34:27,364
Narrator: THE AMERICAN FORCES
CAPTURED NUREMBERG
655
00:34:27,366 --> 00:34:29,783
IN APRIL 1945,
656
00:34:29,785 --> 00:34:31,785
AND HORN SENT
A REPORT DETAILING
657
00:34:31,787 --> 00:34:34,871
WHERE THEY COULD FIND
THE NAZIS' SECRET BUNKER.
658
00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:36,490
BUT BEFORE THE U.S. SOLDIERS
659
00:34:36,492 --> 00:34:39,859
COULD ENTER THE
ALADDIN'S CAVE OF TREASURES,
660
00:34:39,861 --> 00:34:42,662
THE IMPERIAL REGALIA
WERE REMOVED
661
00:34:42,664 --> 00:34:47,467
BY THREE CLEVER NAZI SOLDIERS
WHO WERE ONE STEP AHEAD.
662
00:34:47,469 --> 00:34:48,969
Clemens:
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WAR,
663
00:34:48,971 --> 00:34:51,805
IT BECAME CLEAR THAT
RATHER SOONER THAN LATER,
664
00:34:51,807 --> 00:34:53,974
NUREMBERG WOULD BE CONQUERED
BY THE AMERICANS.
665
00:34:53,976 --> 00:34:55,842
THEY WERE COMING
QUITE CLOSE.
666
00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:57,811
THE THREE MEN IN CHARGE
OF THE BUNKER
667
00:34:57,813 --> 00:35:02,516
WANTED TO SAVE
THE REGALIA FROM THE,
668
00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:05,235
AS THEY PUT IT,
CULTURALIST AMERICANS.
669
00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:09,823
SO THEY CONSPIRED TO REMOVE
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES --
670
00:35:09,825 --> 00:35:13,110
CROWN, SCEPTER, ORB,
AND SWORD.
671
00:35:13,112 --> 00:35:15,562
♪
672
00:35:15,564 --> 00:35:19,950
Narrator: BY JULY 1945,
GERMANY WAS DEFEATED
673
00:35:19,952 --> 00:35:22,285
AND HORN HAD TRANSFERRED
FROM INTELLIGENCE
674
00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:26,239
INTO THE MONUMENTS, FINE ARTS,
AND ARCHIVES PROGRAM.
675
00:35:26,241 --> 00:35:28,959
THIS GROUP, BETTER KNOWN
AS THE MONUMENTS MEN,
676
00:35:28,961 --> 00:35:31,845
WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT TO TRACK DOWN ART
677
00:35:31,847 --> 00:35:36,633
AND CULTURAL ITEMS
STOLEN BY THE NAZIS.
678
00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:39,269
AND THEY HAD BEEN SENT
TO THE NUREMBERG BUNKER
679
00:35:39,271 --> 00:35:41,521
TO TRACK DOWN
THE IMPERIAL REGALIA
680
00:35:41,523 --> 00:35:43,523
DETAILED IN HORN'S REPORT.
681
00:35:43,525 --> 00:35:48,311
♪
682
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:51,431
THE MONUMENTS MEN
FIND THE BUNKER.
683
00:35:51,433 --> 00:35:54,151
THEY DO AN INVENTORY,
AND EARLY ON, THEY NOTICE,
684
00:35:54,153 --> 00:35:57,871
HUH, THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT
PIECES WERE MISSING.
685
00:35:57,873 --> 00:36:02,709
AND THEY START LOOKING FOR THEM,
FOR THOSE THREE GUYS.
686
00:36:02,711 --> 00:36:05,045
THEY FIND TWO OF THOSE GUYS,
687
00:36:05,047 --> 00:36:07,631
AND THEY INTERROGATE THEM
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
688
00:36:07,633 --> 00:36:10,000
AND AT FIRST, THEY KEEP
THEIR MOUTHS SHUT.
689
00:36:10,002 --> 00:36:13,920
AND AT ONE POINT, ONE OF THEM
GIVES UP THE LOCATION,
690
00:36:13,922 --> 00:36:18,758
SHOWS THE REAL REGALIA
TO THE AMERICANS,
691
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,128
SUPPOSEDLY, AFTER THEY
PROMISED HIM THE REGALIA
692
00:36:22,130 --> 00:36:24,147
WOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO THE U.S.
693
00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:26,816
BUT WOULD BE GIVEN BACK
TO VIENNA.
694
00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:29,836
SO, IT'S INTERESTING
THAT THEY CHOSE FOUR OBJECTS,
695
00:36:29,838 --> 00:36:32,138
BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE
THE HOLY LANCE.
696
00:36:32,140 --> 00:36:35,909
NO. IT SHOWS YOU WHAT WAS
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT.
697
00:36:35,911 --> 00:36:38,311
THEY CHOSE WHAT THEY
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT --
698
00:36:38,313 --> 00:36:41,114
THE SYMBOLS OF POWER,
NOT THE RELICS.
699
00:36:41,116 --> 00:36:46,653
♪
700
00:36:46,655 --> 00:36:48,922
Narrator:
SO, HOW MUCH ART AND RELICS
701
00:36:48,924 --> 00:36:51,791
WERE EVENTUALLY RETURNED
BY THE MONUMENTS MEN?
702
00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:55,512
AND ARE THERE ANY PIECES
STILL HIDDEN TODAY?
703
00:36:58,066 --> 00:37:04,955
♪
704
00:37:04,957 --> 00:37:08,825
Narrator: DURING WORLD WAR II,
THE NAZIS STOLE VALUABLE PIECES
705
00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:12,629
OF ART AND PRICELESS
HOLY RELICS FROM ACROSS EUROPE.
706
00:37:12,631 --> 00:37:15,298
♪
707
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,467
BUT THANKS TO THE EFFORTS
OF THE UNITED STATES'
708
00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:20,553
MONUMENTS, FINE ARTS,
AND ARCHIVES PROGRAM,
709
00:37:20,555 --> 00:37:24,975
OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN
AS THE MONUMENTS MEN,
710
00:37:24,977 --> 00:37:28,461
LOST MASTERPIECES,
SUCH AS THE GHENT ALTARPIECE
711
00:37:28,463 --> 00:37:31,982
AND THE IMPERIAL REGALIA
OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS,
712
00:37:31,984 --> 00:37:34,467
WERE RECOVERED AMID THE
CHAOS AND DEVASTATION
713
00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:37,203
THAT FOLLOWED GERMANY'S
EVENTUAL DEFEAT.
714
00:37:37,205 --> 00:37:40,607
♪
715
00:37:40,609 --> 00:37:43,109
WHILE MANY LOOTED WORKS
SURFACED FROM THE NAZIS'
716
00:37:43,111 --> 00:37:45,912
HIDDEN NETWORK OF CAVES
AND BUNKERS,
717
00:37:45,914 --> 00:37:49,449
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OTHER
PIECES HAVE VANISHED FOREVER.
718
00:37:49,451 --> 00:37:54,153
♪
719
00:37:54,155 --> 00:37:57,123
Selwood: THE LEGACY OF THE NAZIS
HAVING SPENT SO MUCH TIME
720
00:37:57,125 --> 00:38:00,961
PLUNDERING AND LOOTING
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS, RELICS, ART,
721
00:38:00,963 --> 00:38:02,328
IS STILL WITH US.
722
00:38:02,330 --> 00:38:05,765
THESE OBJECTS STILL SURFACE
TODAY ON THE BLACK MARKET,
723
00:38:05,767 --> 00:38:08,551
IN AUCTION HOUSES,
IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS,
724
00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:11,021
AND THERE ARE STILL LISTS
OF THE VAST NUMBER OF THEM
725
00:38:11,023 --> 00:38:12,639
THAT REMAIN MISSING.
726
00:38:12,641 --> 00:38:15,141
♪
727
00:38:15,143 --> 00:38:17,927
Narrator: ALMOST 80 YEARS
AFTER THEIR THEFT,
728
00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:21,014
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD
729
00:38:21,016 --> 00:38:24,200
ARE STILL ON A QUEST
TO RECOVER THESE LOST WORKS.
730
00:38:24,202 --> 00:38:27,537
♪
731
00:38:27,539 --> 00:38:29,456
IN THE POLISH CITY OF KRAKOW
732
00:38:29,458 --> 00:38:31,408
IS A COLLECTION
OF RESTORED PAINTINGS
733
00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:35,495
THAT REFLECT THE FATE OF SO MANY
OF THESE STOLEN NAZI TREASURES.
734
00:38:35,497 --> 00:38:39,699
♪
735
00:38:39,701 --> 00:38:42,635
JOURNALIST AND EXPLORER
JOANNA LAMPARSKA
736
00:38:42,637 --> 00:38:45,722
VISITS ST. MARY'S BASILICA
TO LEARN THE FATE
737
00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:49,042
OF THE CYCLE OF
"SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA"
738
00:38:49,044 --> 00:38:53,396
FROM ART-CONSERVATION EXPERT
KATARZYNA PAKULA.
739
00:38:53,398 --> 00:38:56,599
THESE ARE KULMBACH PAINTINGS.
YES.
740
00:38:56,601 --> 00:38:58,618
ORIGINALLY, IT WAS EIGHT
PANEL PAINTINGS
741
00:38:58,620 --> 00:39:02,155
MADE BY HANS SUSS VON KULMBACH
WHO WAS A PAINTER,
742
00:39:02,157 --> 00:39:04,891
RENAISSANCE PAINTER
FROM NUREMBERG.
743
00:39:04,893 --> 00:39:07,327
AND THEY HAVE BEEN
ORDERED TO KRAKOW
744
00:39:07,329 --> 00:39:09,029
IN THE GOLDEN AGE
OF POLISH CULTURE.
745
00:39:09,031 --> 00:39:11,531
IT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE 16th CENTURY.
746
00:39:11,533 --> 00:39:15,585
♪
747
00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:19,172
THE EIGHT PAINTINGS THAT MADE
UP THIS MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECE
748
00:39:19,174 --> 00:39:22,292
WERE TAKEN BY THE NAZIS
DURING WORLD WAR II,
749
00:39:22,294 --> 00:39:25,628
BUT WERE RECOVERED
AND RETURNED AT ITS END.
750
00:39:25,630 --> 00:39:28,081
♪
751
00:39:28,083 --> 00:39:31,551
UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER THE WAR,
OUT OF EIGHT PAINTINGS,
752
00:39:31,553 --> 00:39:33,470
FROM ONE OTHER PIECE,
SIX PAINTINGS CAME BACK.
753
00:39:33,472 --> 00:39:35,021
SO STILL TWO ARE MISSING.
754
00:39:35,023 --> 00:39:37,590
AND SOME ARE
SUPPOSEDLY SEARCHING
755
00:39:37,592 --> 00:39:39,893
AND THE POLISH
MINISTER OF CULTURE
756
00:39:39,895 --> 00:39:41,928
AND HOPING THAT THEY
ARE STILL EXISTING.
757
00:39:41,930 --> 00:39:47,133
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LOSE ALL
THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART?
758
00:39:47,135 --> 00:39:48,534
IT IS A GREAT LOSS.
759
00:39:48,536 --> 00:39:50,870
IT IS A GREAT LOSS,
OF COURSE, FOR THE CHURCH
760
00:39:50,872 --> 00:39:54,891
AND FOR THE CULTURAL FROM
THE EMOTIONAL POINT OF VIEW.
761
00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:57,010
IT IS PRICELESS,
AND THEY ARE UNIQUE,
762
00:39:57,012 --> 00:39:58,395
AND THEY ARE OF
THE BEST QUALITY
763
00:39:58,397 --> 00:40:03,099
WE KNOW OF THE WORKS
OF HANS VON KULMBACH.
764
00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:06,019
Walters:
I THINK IT'S A HUGE TRAGEDY THAT
SO MUCH OF THIS RELIGIOUS ART,
765
00:40:06,021 --> 00:40:09,522
ICONOGRAPHY, AND TREASURE
IS STILL MISSING, EVEN TODAY.
766
00:40:09,524 --> 00:40:12,442
NOW, SOME OF IT CLEARLY
WAS SIMPLY DESTROYED
767
00:40:12,444 --> 00:40:14,611
YOU KNOW, MAYBE
IN ALLIED BOMBING RAIDS,
768
00:40:14,613 --> 00:40:17,480
YOU KNOW, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY
EVEN MORE TRAGIC IN A WAY.
769
00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:19,115
AND THEN YOU'VE NOW, TODAY,
770
00:40:19,117 --> 00:40:21,451
GOT PEOPLE TRYING
TO FIND THIS TREASURE.
771
00:40:21,453 --> 00:40:23,787
YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHOSE
ENTIRE LIFE'S WORK IS TO TRY
772
00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:26,005
AND, MAYBE,
FIND ONE WORK OF ART.
773
00:40:26,007 --> 00:40:28,341
♪
774
00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:31,678
Bellinger: WHILE WE DO HAVE A
SENSE OF CERTAIN SPECIFIC ITEMS
775
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,848
THAT WE ARE SEARCHING FOR,
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
776
00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:36,950
ALL THE TIME
TRYING TO RECOVER THEM,
777
00:40:36,952 --> 00:40:40,053
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE TRUE
MAGNITUDE OF WHAT'S MISSING
778
00:40:40,055 --> 00:40:41,521
AND DON'T EVEN KNOW,
IN SOME RESPECTS,
779
00:40:41,523 --> 00:40:44,590
WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
780
00:40:44,592 --> 00:40:46,526
Janulis:
MANY OF THESE ARTWORKS
781
00:40:46,528 --> 00:40:48,695
THAT ARE CONSIDERED
STILL MISSING
782
00:40:48,697 --> 00:40:51,564
ARE ACTUALLY BEING
ACTIVELY TRADED THROUGH
783
00:40:51,566 --> 00:40:52,832
BLACK-MARKET NETWORKS,
784
00:40:52,834 --> 00:40:55,535
AND IT'S BECOME EVEN EASIER
TO DO SO NOW
785
00:40:55,537 --> 00:40:57,987
WITH THE INTERNET
AND THE DEEP WEB.
786
00:40:57,989 --> 00:41:00,106
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO FETISHIZE
787
00:41:00,108 --> 00:41:04,294
SOME OF THESE ARTIFACTS
AND TRADING THEM AS COMMODITIES.
788
00:41:04,296 --> 00:41:08,214
AND THAT GOES ON EVERY DAY.
789
00:41:08,216 --> 00:41:11,084
Hoffman: THERE ARE MANY EXISTING
COMMISSIONS IN EUROPE
790
00:41:11,086 --> 00:41:13,303
AND IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CANADA
791
00:41:13,305 --> 00:41:17,390
TO TRY TO REPATRIATE A LOT OF
THESE PIECES AS THEY'RE FOUND.
792
00:41:17,392 --> 00:41:20,810
SOME OF THEM EVENTUALLY WOUND UP
IN STATE AND LOCAL MUSEUMS
793
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:23,012
AND HAVE BEEN RELOCATED
TO THE FAMILIES
794
00:41:23,014 --> 00:41:24,647
FROM WHENCE THEY WERE STOLEN.
795
00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:28,101
BUT MANY OF THEM STILL RESIDE,
PROBABLY, IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
796
00:41:28,103 --> 00:41:31,538
OR REMAIN UNDERGROUND,
MAYBE NEVER TO BE FOUND.
797
00:41:31,540 --> 00:41:34,607
♪
798
00:41:34,609 --> 00:41:35,975
Picknett: MANY PEOPLE
ARE STILL OBSESSED
799
00:41:35,977 --> 00:41:37,744
WITH FINDING THE MISSING ART,
800
00:41:37,746 --> 00:41:39,779
INCLUDING, OF COURSE,
THE PEOPLE'S FAMILIES
801
00:41:39,781 --> 00:41:42,916
WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED SOME OF
THESE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ART
802
00:41:42,918 --> 00:41:45,585
WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED
BY JEWISH FAMILIES
803
00:41:45,587 --> 00:41:49,022
WHO SIMPLY HAD IT
REMOVED FROM THEM.
804
00:41:49,024 --> 00:41:50,607
Hoffman:
AT LEAST 600,000 OF THEM
805
00:41:50,609 --> 00:41:52,358
WERE STOLEN FROM JEWISH FAMILIES
806
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:56,229
AND SOME 100,000 OF THEM
STILL REMAIN AT LARGE.
807
00:41:56,231 --> 00:42:01,601
♪
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