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Holy
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Is this aluminum?
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This is an airplane
propeller. 100%.
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If you want
corroborating evidence,
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this is it right here.
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Do you think that
the commander of the seaplane
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was working directly
for the Germans after the war
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and flying Nazis
to Nazi communities?
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This plane went to some of these
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other designated areas
that you've already looked at.
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Yeah. All the key areas...
Bariloche,
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Misiones and Buenos Aires.
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To me, this looks like Nazi Air.
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These routes were
planned to perfection,
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and they were all organized
to get Hitler
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and senior Nazis
to Buenos Aires.
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This is a ship manifesto.
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Last name on the list,
Helmut Gregor, Tim.
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Is Josef Mengele.
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And Josef Mengele
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is one of the most
foul creatures
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the world has ever produced.
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HUNTING HITLER - SEASON 3
EP - 7 - Target: United States
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This is the first time
I've ever seen a document
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related to Mengele
coming in to Argentina.
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We've heard people
talk about it...
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Yeah.
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...but we've had
no paper until now.
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21-year CIA veteran Bob Baer
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and former terrorist
targeting officer Nada Bakos
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are utilizing
an asset-mapping strategy,
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tracking Adolf Hitler's
known associates to determine
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exactly where he could have
gone after World War II.
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Mengele was a well-known Nazi,
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but this is the first time
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he's come up
in our investigation.
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This is a big breakthrough.
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Captain in the SS,
Iron Cross First Class,
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but here's really
what he's known as...
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The Angel of Death.
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Dr. Josef Mengele
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was a member or Hitler's
inner circle
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and the key physician at the
Auschwitz concentration camp,
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where over 1 million prisoners
were executed during the war.
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Mengele oversaw deadly
medical experiments
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and was personally responsible
for the selection of prisoners
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killed in the camp's
gas chambers.
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After the war,
Mengele evaded capture
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and lived out his life
in South America
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until he reportedly died
of natural causes in Brazil
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in 1979.
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He certainly would have been
a part of Hitler's network.
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Josef Mengele was one of
the most wanted war criminals
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in modern history,
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but he makes it to South America
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and spends his
natural life there.
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He was never arrested,
and what that tells me
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is that he had a network
that was successful.
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Tracking Mengele is
the best way to get to Hitler.
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Bob and Nada utilize
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state-of-the-art
link analysis software
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to scan their 15,000
declassified documents
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and map all sightings
of Mengele in South America
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after the war.
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Look at all these sightings...
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Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay,
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21 locations, 7 countries.
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Mengele was everywhere
in South America, basically.
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You would only cross borders
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if you thought you could
get away with it.
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He could go where he wanted
when he wanted,
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but the question is,
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are all
these sightings accurate?
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It could be a lot
of disinformation.
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So much of what the Nazis do
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was put out disinformation,
false leads, false clues.
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It's just a matter
of trade craft.
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We've got Mengele
in seven countries
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and dozens of locations.
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We need to find out
what's important
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and what's not,
what you can trust.
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We need to corroborate
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either with official
government documents
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or if we could find
other documents
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from other intel organizations
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just to see if any of those
sighting reports are accurate.
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Yeah. I want to see
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some hard intelligence
on these sightings.
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Here we go.
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U.S. Department of Justice,
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report from agent,
trip to Montevideo.
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"Martha Mengele married
Josef Mengele in 1958
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in Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay."
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We now have a small town
in Uruguay
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where he supposedly got married.
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Nueva Helvecia is right here.
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It's only 70 miles
from Buenos Aires
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across the water,
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but Uruguay is not a place
we've really looked at.
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Was there actually some sort
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of Nazi infrastructure
in Uruguay?
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What did they have there?
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It's our job to figure out,
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was Josef Mengele
actually in Uruguay,
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and what was he doing there?
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We know after the war,
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Nazis were pouring
into South America.
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Yes.
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We know they went to Argentina.
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We know they went to Chile.
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What we haven't
looked into is Uruguay.
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U.S. Army special
forces Tim Kennedy,
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U.S. Army Green Beret
Mike Simpson
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and their translator, Dante,
land in Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay,
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in hopes of placing
Josef Mengele
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in this area after the war.
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This way, guys.
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If you're a war
criminal on the run,
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each and every time
you come up aboveground,
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you risk being compromised.
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For someone like Mengele
to move around that much,
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to be in 21 different locations
in 7 different countries,
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to me that implies he was doing
something very suspicious.
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The team makes contact
with Juan Durante...
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...the head researcher
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at the Nueva Helvecia
Regional Archives,
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which houses hundreds
of thousands of documents
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chronicling the history
of the town.
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Wow.
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So we're looking
for marriage certificates
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in the late '50s.
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Let's divide and conquer.
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All right, Tim. Here we go.
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'57, '58,
and there's a ledger here.
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Hey, Tim.
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I got something I think will
narrow this down for us.
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Let's look at it.
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All right.
So let's start looking at names.
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Yeah. So this is January.
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These names here...
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- No Mengele here.
- Adolfo...
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Adolfo Wittendorf.
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22 of July, 22nd...
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- Right here.
- Mengele.
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"Mengele, Jose."
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That's him.
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Look at this.
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"Marriage of Josef Mengele
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and Martha Maria Will."
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So we've got some
official stamps here.
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Look at this.
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That's Mengele's signature.
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Oh, God.
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He physically stood here
and signed his name.
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Thing of how brazen this is.
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He's putting his real name
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on an official marriage
certificate in Uruguay.
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This guy was never underground.
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He just lived out
in the open the whole time.
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Juan, we need more information
specifically about
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what Nazis were doing
in Nueva Helvecia,
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anything that would tell us
why Josef Mengele was in Uruguay
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and what he was doing.
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If Mengele was that comfortable
in this environment
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that he could get married
right out in the open,
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that means there were
much deeper Nazi ties here
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than anyone had
ever thought before.
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It's basically from
Paraguay, Uruguay.
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This one is in English.
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"The Gazette Montreal,"
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June 6, 1940,
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"Uruguay invasion seen
as a Nazi plan.
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The German agricultural colony
at Nuevo Helvecia
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dominates the entire region."
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There's a Nazi presence here.
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A massive Nazi presence.
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This article also says there is,
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"Another important
support point at
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Paso de la Toros near the Rio
Negro hydroelectric project
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now being built by the Germans."
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Do you know anything about that?
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Paso de la Toros is in Uruguay.
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Is it reasonably close to here?
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Three hours away, yeah.
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We know what they were doing
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at the hydroelectric
power plant in Norway.
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They're making heavy water.
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Heavy water is...
It was made here?
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It was made here, yes.
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This is Adolf Hitler
developing a component
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for a nuclear weapon.
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Now we have a hydroelectric
power plant
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being built in Uruguay
by the Germans.
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If they're making heavy
water here in Uruguay,
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we have a real problem.
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We have proof that
Josef Mengele is here.
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Now we're going to find out
what he was doing here,
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and that could be it.
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Pasa de la Toros,
that's where we got to go.
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We have Nazis building
a hydroelectric power plant
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in the middle of nowhere.
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Now we just need to know
what they're doing.
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In Rincon del Bonete, Uruguay,
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Tim Kennedy, Mike Simpson
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and their local contact Dante
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land at a possible Nazi
hydroelectric plant
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that is in the same area that,
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according to reports,
Josef Mengele,
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a top associate in Hitler's
network, was operating.
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We know the Nazis liked
to use hydroelectric facilities
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for making heavy water,
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one of the most important
components
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to a nuclear weapon.
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Mike and I need to case
this hydroelectric facility.
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We need to determine if it was,
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in fact, a support location
for Nazis in the area,
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and if s is this a point
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that Josef Mengele would
come and operate out of?
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- Tim.
- Mike.
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The team makes contact
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with Santiago Tricanico,
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a journalist with
extensive knowledge
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on the history of this massive,
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400-acre hydroelectric facility.
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He says that no doubt,
this was a Nazi place.
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Were they here after the war?
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Okay. What were they doing here?
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They constructed
a hydroelectric dam.
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All the engineering
team was Nazi.
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And that's why this also
was planned to work
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as a lighthouse for aircrafts.
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The only reason that
you're going to be
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putting an airport here
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is if you're moving
something valuable
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or people that are valuable.
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You know, I think we need
to get up there
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and see what exactly,
what they're doing here.
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Yeah. I agree.
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From here,
you can see the river.
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You can see the proposed
location of the airstrip.
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You can see the dam itself.
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Yeah. This is
a great vantage point.
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Can you enumerate exactly,
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you know, how many people
were here,
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what kind of buildings they had?
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Population was around
250 employees,
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and mostly everything
was dedicated to the dam.
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There were also ships and boats
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bringing in materials.
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They have everything
they need here.
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Building an airport,
they can land seaplanes.
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They can bring boats.
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They have energy with
the hydroelectric dam.
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This could be their Manhattan
Project of South America.
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This place scares me.
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Yeah. It's really sinister.
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I want to get a better
look at that lighthouse.
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Yeah.
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What do you got?
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So the lighthouse itself
is powerful.
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The way that they were using
this to refract light,
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you know, these are layers
of magnifying glasses.
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Oh, those are thick.
264
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And behind it, they have
reflectors and mirrors,
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so that light bulb
is being condensed into here
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and shot for miles
like a laser beam.
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But this right here,
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you can preprogram Morse code.
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So you could shoot messages
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for as far as it could be seen.
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This could be a lot more complex
than we imagine it.
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Everything about this place
says it was
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a nexus of transportation.
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If you're only
making electricity,
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none of that makes sense.
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Everything that we see says
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there's something
more going on here.
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He's got the original light bulb
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if you want to see it.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah. Let's see it.
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Oh, wow. Holy
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Look at that light bulb.
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Oh.
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The filament is set up
in the shape of a swastika.
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It is a swastika. It's a beacon.
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This is letting everyone know
that there are Nazis here
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and they're not scared,
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and they're going to
operate in the open.
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Now things are different
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than it was 75, 80 years ago.
291
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It's going to be very difficult
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to find out what they were doing
293
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here at this
hydroelectric facility.
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Mike, can you read me, over?
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Roger that, Tim. I read you.
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I'm inside of that
massive building
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on the back side of the dam.
298
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The components that I see
are 21st century.
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Definitely not what
the Germans built here.
300
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You know, I have covered a ton
of ground at this facility,
301
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and I have not found
any indication
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that they are making
heavy water here.
303
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We need to find somebody that
could have more information
304
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about what they were doing here.
305
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The team is able
to get a meeting
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with the plant's chief
engineer, Pablo Tomasile,
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who is intimately familiar
with the machinery
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that has been present
at this location
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since it was built in 1937.
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The Nazis that were
working here,
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were any of them
experts in heavy water?
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Did they have any
of that equipment here?
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What they have
is the plans of a machine
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called water resistance
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related to for the use
in heavy water.
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Your understanding is
that their intent
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was the production
of heavy water?
318
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We're trying to find
out the reason
319
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why Josef Mengele came here.
320
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I believe that we found it.
321
00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:46,980
There was a plan in place
to make heavy water.
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They had the means
to move it anywhere
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in the world from right here.
324
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There's no doubt in my mind.
325
00:15:52,352 --> 00:15:54,721
This hydroelectric facility
would be absolutely necessary
326
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to facilitate the rise
of the Fourth Reich.
327
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They're planning on making
nuclear energy
328
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in South America.
329
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,638
All these pieces are
coming together very nicely.
330
00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:16,176
Uruguay was central to
Nazi plans for South America.
331
00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:19,279
Bob and Nada review
the findings from Uruguay,
332
00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:22,215
where a declassified
CIA document
333
00:16:22,249 --> 00:16:27,320
claims notorious Nazi war
criminal Josef Mengele
334
00:16:27,354 --> 00:16:29,722
was married in 1958.
335
00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:32,259
So the team found this
hydroelectric plant
336
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where they have a lighthouse
where they can use
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00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:36,296
Morse code and communicate.
338
00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,031
You know, they found light bulbs
339
00:16:38,065 --> 00:16:39,399
with the Nazi insignia,
340
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,668
so it's clearly putting
their mark on the plant,
341
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:45,438
and there were even plans
for an airstrip to be built.
342
00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:47,540
This hydroelectric plant,
343
00:16:47,574 --> 00:16:50,443
which may have been
in the process of converted
344
00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:52,412
to making heavy water...
345
00:16:52,445 --> 00:16:55,415
If you need infrastructure
for a Fourth Reich,
346
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this would be ideal for it.
347
00:16:58,185 --> 00:17:00,520
Now we know why Mengele
was in Uruguay.
348
00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:03,156
He wasn't just moving
around randomly.
349
00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:04,691
He was operational.
350
00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:08,661
He was on a mission
for the Fourth Reich.
351
00:17:08,695 --> 00:17:12,165
What intrigues me is Paraguay.
352
00:17:12,199 --> 00:17:15,835
Why do we have so many sightings
of him in that region?
353
00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,838
We don't know, but we have to
remember that Paraguay
354
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was the perfect place for Nazis,
355
00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:25,145
especially Nazis building
the Fourth Reich.
356
00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:27,647
In 1954, military officer
357
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,717
Alfredo Stroessner
staged a successful coup
358
00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,286
to take control of Paraguay.
359
00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,288
A known Nazi sympathizer,
360
00:17:35,322 --> 00:17:39,292
Stroessner served as President
of Paraguay for 35 years,
361
00:17:39,326 --> 00:17:41,794
leading a notoriously
oppressive regime
362
00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:46,399
that tortured and killed
all political opposition.
363
00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:50,303
In 1955, Perón is overthrown.
364
00:17:50,337 --> 00:17:52,672
Argentina is no longer
a safe haven.
365
00:17:52,705 --> 00:17:55,242
The Nazis are going to
have to shift base,
366
00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:58,311
and Paraguay is
the perfect place,
367
00:17:58,345 --> 00:18:00,713
and it's right on
the border of Argentina.
368
00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:03,450
Even if half of those
sightings are accurate,
369
00:18:03,483 --> 00:18:05,118
he's doing something up there.
370
00:18:05,152 --> 00:18:07,620
The question is,
what's he doing?
371
00:18:07,654 --> 00:18:10,557
Let's do a search
and see what we got.
372
00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:14,294
Okay, Mengele, Paraguay.
373
00:18:17,497 --> 00:18:19,332
We got something.
374
00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:20,567
Look at this.
375
00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,535
It's a CIA report.
376
00:18:22,569 --> 00:18:24,471
"Dr. Josef Mengele is living
on the outskirts
377
00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:26,306
of Colonia Independencia.
378
00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:28,908
He speaks good Spanish
but with a German accent.
379
00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,577
He doesn't touch
anything as though
380
00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:33,813
he's afraid of
leaving fingerprints."
381
00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:35,415
So this file is claiming
that Mengele
382
00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:39,686
is in Colonia Independencia
in Paraguay.
383
00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:41,921
This is Colonia Independencia.
384
00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,491
It's out of the way.
It's remote.
385
00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:47,394
It's mountainous jungle.
386
00:18:47,427 --> 00:18:50,263
Operating out of this area,
it makes total sense.
387
00:18:50,297 --> 00:18:51,764
Is it a refuge?
388
00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:56,369
Was he organizing something,
maintaining a network?
389
00:18:56,403 --> 00:18:59,339
We've got to get up there
and find some sort of facts.
390
00:19:09,616 --> 00:19:12,919
We're trying to find
any firsthand information
391
00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:15,722
or evidence Josef Mengele
might have been
392
00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:17,557
here in Paraguay. - Yep.
393
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,360
Tim Kennedy, Gerrard Williams
394
00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:22,429
and their local contact Laura
395
00:19:22,462 --> 00:19:25,398
land in Colonia
Independencia, Paraguay.
396
00:19:25,432 --> 00:19:27,667
If we can confirm
that Josef Mengele was here,
397
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:29,402
maybe we can get more details
398
00:19:29,436 --> 00:19:30,970
about what his activities were
399
00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,473
and if he's trying
to move the agenda
400
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,576
of the Fourth Reich here
in South America forward.
401
00:19:36,609 --> 00:19:37,844
- This is it.
- Okay.
402
00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:40,247
It's over here, over there.
403
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:41,314
This is the one. Yes.
404
00:19:41,348 --> 00:19:42,982
All right.
405
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,418
The team makes contact
with Walter Menzell,
406
00:19:45,452 --> 00:19:47,387
a man who claims
to have information
407
00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:49,522
on Nazi activity in the area.
408
00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:51,324
Hi, Walter. Nice to meet you.
Mucho gusto.
409
00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:57,264
Thank you very much
410
00:19:57,297 --> 00:19:58,865
for taking the time
to talk to us.
411
00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,434
We're under the impression
that you have information
412
00:20:01,468 --> 00:20:03,303
about Nazis here.
413
00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:08,908
Were there a lot
of Nazi-supporting people
414
00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:11,311
that were living in
Colonia Independencia?
415
00:20:20,453 --> 00:20:23,756
If a war criminal
from Europe fled
416
00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:27,927
and came to Paraguay
in the 1950s,
417
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,796
do you think
they could find refuge?
418
00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:41,240
What sort of year
are we talking?
419
00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:11,371
How was he introduced
to the family?
420
00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:13,706
What was his name?
421
00:21:24,551 --> 00:21:27,920
Josef Mengele came
and stayed with you?
422
00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:29,622
That's amazing.
423
00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:36,929
This community,
424
00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:38,831
right here
in Colonia Independencia,
425
00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:42,469
was harboring and protecting one
of the worst Nazis in history.
426
00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:44,337
If you're a fugitive on the run,
427
00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:48,841
you have to go to known areas
that would protect you.
428
00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:51,344
That's exactly
what we have here.
429
00:21:51,378 --> 00:21:53,045
What I want to try
and understand
430
00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:58,017
is if his father knows
that this is Josef Mengele,
431
00:21:58,050 --> 00:22:01,654
why would his father bring him
to a house with two children?
432
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:11,931
What do you think Josef Mengele
was doing in this area?
433
00:22:33,986 --> 00:22:36,923
So the consulate is Nazi?
434
00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:38,124
It has to be.
435
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,628
Is that close by?
436
00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:45,398
We got to find this place.
437
00:22:45,432 --> 00:22:47,434
If there's a Nazi consulate
that was operating
438
00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:49,969
in Colonia Independencia,
that's important.
439
00:22:50,002 --> 00:22:52,071
Not only could they be
protected and safe here,
440
00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:54,841
the Germans here could
have the protection
441
00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:57,076
and the support
of the government.
442
00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:59,111
Thank you very much
for your time.
443
00:22:59,145 --> 00:23:00,647
Thank you so much.
444
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,048
With support of the government,
445
00:23:02,081 --> 00:23:04,083
there's no telling
what the Nazis
446
00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:06,118
could have done
here in Paraguay.
447
00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:18,040
The fact that they have
a German consulate here
448
00:23:18,064 --> 00:23:21,934
is very telling about
the potential network
449
00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:23,736
that the Nazis had here.
450
00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:27,139
In Colonia
Independencia, Paraguay,
451
00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:29,909
Tim and Gerrard are
investigating
452
00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:31,944
a declassified CIA file,
453
00:23:31,978 --> 00:23:35,848
an eyewitness testimony
claiming that Nazi war criminal
454
00:23:35,882 --> 00:23:39,218
Josef Mengele was operating
in this remote town.
455
00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:40,787
Well, if we just split up,
456
00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:42,655
we can do more damage that way.
457
00:23:42,689 --> 00:23:45,858
While Gerrard scours local
archives for more information
458
00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:49,128
on Mengele's activities
in the area,
459
00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:51,831
Tim and his translator Alejandro
460
00:23:51,864 --> 00:23:56,769
arrive at a building rumored
to be a former Nazi consulate.
461
00:23:56,803 --> 00:23:59,939
Look at that place. Wow.
462
00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:03,075
We have Josef Mengele
in this region multiple times.
463
00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:04,953
Was he, in fact, trying to
set up a headquarters,
464
00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:06,846
establish a network?
465
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:08,891
Maybe he's trying to move
the agenda of the Fourth Reich
466
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:11,117
here in South America forward.
467
00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:12,819
He's here for a reason.
468
00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:16,255
We need to figure out
exactly what that was.
469
00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:19,025
The team makes contact
with Benjamin Cabral,
470
00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:20,860
the building's current owner.
471
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,695
He bought this place
from a German.
472
00:24:22,729 --> 00:24:24,564
Okay.
473
00:24:24,597 --> 00:24:26,597
So he knows some background
history from the place.
474
00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:33,906
Can you tell me a little bit
about this building?
475
00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:41,180
When we say "German consulate,"
476
00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:42,949
we're talking the Nazis.
477
00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:45,017
This was the Nazi consulate?
478
00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:49,088
This is a Nazi embassy.
479
00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,826
Local Nazi supporters,
480
00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:57,263
this place would be
like a gathering spot.
481
00:24:57,296 --> 00:25:01,033
People from Germany would
come to recruit other Germans
482
00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:04,103
to take them to battle.
483
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:09,008
This is a very strategic,
powerful center point.
484
00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:10,977
Were the Nazis able to operate
485
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,146
after the war freely
in this area?
486
00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:17,750
The German people here
had a privileged position.
487
00:25:17,784 --> 00:25:20,987
It is known that former
President Alfredo Stroessner
488
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:23,189
would give protection
to the Nazi supporters
489
00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:25,191
in this consulate.
490
00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:27,202
Who were some of the people
that he was protecting?
491
00:25:27,226 --> 00:25:30,697
Were any of them working
or operating out of this house?
492
00:25:35,101 --> 00:25:36,869
That's amazing.
493
00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:38,871
We have Josef Mengele.
494
00:25:38,905 --> 00:25:41,874
We have the headquarters for all
Nazi activity in this region.
495
00:25:41,908 --> 00:25:44,210
Most importantly, he has
President Stroessner
496
00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:46,145
protecting him.
He has government support.
497
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,014
This is massive infrastructure,
498
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:51,050
and it's frightening to think
what they're capable of.
499
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,620
With Josef Mengele,
who is one of the most
500
00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:55,688
sought-after war criminals
of World War II,
501
00:25:55,722 --> 00:25:58,324
if he was able to move around,
502
00:25:58,357 --> 00:26:01,861
could other high-level Nazis
503
00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,996
move throughout this region
just as easily?
504
00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:25,217
This is incredible.
505
00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:38,698
Colonia Independencia
is a German community.
506
00:26:38,731 --> 00:26:40,299
Look at this place.
507
00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:43,803
Who is ever going to find
Mengele or Hitler out here?
508
00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:46,038
Bob and Nada review the findings
509
00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:47,807
from the field team in Paraguay.
510
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,276
I think this is
a big breakthrough.
511
00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:52,378
We found Mengele in Paraguay,
512
00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:55,081
and there are even rumors
of Hitler coming through.
513
00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:58,250
The team found a German
consulate for the Nazis
514
00:26:58,284 --> 00:27:00,653
in Colonia Independencia.
515
00:27:00,687 --> 00:27:02,655
This is a fairly active
consulate
516
00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:04,190
in this small community.
517
00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:06,358
Mengele clearly had a role
518
00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:09,228
in the government in Paraguay.
519
00:27:09,261 --> 00:27:12,164
And then you have
a sympathetic president.
520
00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:14,801
So that if Mengele is showing up
521
00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:16,669
here in this village,
522
00:27:16,703 --> 00:27:19,672
he can count on
the implicit support
523
00:27:19,706 --> 00:27:21,708
of the Paraguayan government.
524
00:27:21,741 --> 00:27:26,178
It tells you what
kind of protection
525
00:27:26,212 --> 00:27:27,780
Mengele would have had here,
526
00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:30,449
and now we have
a Hitler sighting.
527
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:35,788
I have no doubt that Mengele
could have hid him somewhere.
528
00:27:35,822 --> 00:27:39,759
We have had multiple sightings
putting Mengele in Paraguay
529
00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:41,861
because Mengele's on a mission.
530
00:27:41,894 --> 00:27:44,697
He's protecting Adolf Hitler.
531
00:27:44,731 --> 00:27:48,267
Now the question is, where could
you hide Hitler in Paraguay?
532
00:27:51,037 --> 00:27:54,306
Go. All right.
533
00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:56,943
Here we've got a report
from Paraguay.
534
00:27:56,976 --> 00:28:01,047
"Vestiges of Nazi military
presence in Paraguay.
535
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,751
Having detected remains
of military buildings
536
00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:06,285
in the vicinity
537
00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:10,156
of Bavarian-style houses
in Salto Suizo,
538
00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:13,793
there is a high probability
that the use was to house
539
00:28:13,826 --> 00:28:17,029
personnel for protection
of personalities
540
00:28:17,063 --> 00:28:20,399
of the defeated Nazi regime."
541
00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:22,101
This file is telling us
542
00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:24,270
that there was a military
facility in Paraguay,
543
00:28:24,303 --> 00:28:26,472
a Nazi military facility.
544
00:28:26,505 --> 00:28:29,141
This is exactly
what I was looking for.
545
00:28:29,175 --> 00:28:31,243
Sounds like Misiones,
doesn't it?
546
00:28:31,277 --> 00:28:33,412
Earlier in the investigation,
547
00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:37,349
the team determined that a
compound in Misiones, Argentina,
548
00:28:37,383 --> 00:28:40,219
could have been the ideal
safe house for Adolf Hitler.
549
00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:41,353
This is way more
550
00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:42,922
than a hideout in the jungle.
551
00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:44,991
With extensive
security measures,
552
00:28:45,024 --> 00:28:47,393
including multiple
lines of defense...
553
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,929
This is them setting
themselves up for success.
554
00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:51,230
...machine-gun posts...
555
00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:52,965
You could shoot
straight across this.
556
00:28:52,999 --> 00:28:55,101
This is going to give you
an elevated position
557
00:28:55,134 --> 00:28:56,903
to rain down hell.
558
00:28:56,936 --> 00:29:00,940
...guard houses
and military barracks.
559
00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:04,143
This is where you line up
bunk beds and put soldiers.
560
00:29:05,878 --> 00:29:08,414
But in 1955, Nazi sympathizer
561
00:29:08,447 --> 00:29:13,152
and President of Argentina
Juan Perón was overthrown
562
00:29:13,185 --> 00:29:15,454
and Nazis no longer
had the support
563
00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:18,858
of the Argentinean government.
564
00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:21,894
Look. Here's Salto Suizo.
565
00:29:21,928 --> 00:29:25,297
You're only 100 miles
north of Misiones.
566
00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:28,067
Look. If we can find a compound
567
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,970
in Paraguay
that matches Misiones,
568
00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:33,039
that's the key.
569
00:29:33,072 --> 00:29:34,440
I think this is great.
570
00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:37,443
This sounds like Misioines,
but in Paraguay,
571
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:39,478
and I love the chronology.
572
00:29:39,511 --> 00:29:42,982
Argentina closes down,
Paraguay opens up.
573
00:29:43,015 --> 00:29:47,119
If we can find the military
compound in Paraguay,
574
00:29:47,153 --> 00:29:50,122
I mean, this is like
chasing the holy grail,
575
00:29:50,156 --> 00:29:52,825
the last pieces of this puzzle
that could tell us
576
00:29:52,859 --> 00:29:55,427
exactly where Hitler ended up.
577
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,029
Let's get the team out there
578
00:29:57,063 --> 00:29:58,540
to see what we can find
in Salto Suizo.
579
00:29:58,564 --> 00:30:04,837
We absolutely have to go look
at this place.
580
00:30:13,946 --> 00:30:16,916
We can disappear
into this city, gone.
581
00:30:16,949 --> 00:30:19,185
Then you can go back 60 years,
582
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:21,087
I can't even imagine
how easy it would be,
583
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,490
especially when you have
presidential cover.
584
00:30:24,523 --> 00:30:27,559
U.S. Army special
forces Tim Kennedy,
585
00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:30,162
investigative journalist
Gerrard Williams
586
00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:32,298
and their local contact Laura
587
00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:35,968
continue their investigation
into Colonia Independencia,
588
00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:39,405
Paraguay, following
a declassified report
589
00:30:39,438 --> 00:30:41,440
claiming that high-ranking Nazis
590
00:30:41,473 --> 00:30:44,543
were hiding in a compound
in the nearby jungle
591
00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:47,346
of Salto Suizo after the war.
592
00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:53,452
The team makes contact
with Robert Hugo,
593
00:30:53,485 --> 00:30:55,922
a man from a prominent
German family
594
00:30:55,955 --> 00:30:58,590
that has lived in the area
for generations.
595
00:30:58,624 --> 00:31:00,459
He claims to have
inside knowledge
596
00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:03,362
of Nazi movements in the area.
597
00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:05,364
We have a document
that says there were Nazi
598
00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:08,334
military structures
at Salto Suizo,
599
00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,202
but we need more information.
600
00:31:10,236 --> 00:31:13,139
We need to know who was there
and what they're doing.
601
00:31:13,172 --> 00:31:16,075
We're here to find out
as much as we can
602
00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:18,978
about the compound
in Salto Suizo.
603
00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,686
Okay. He said, "No problem,"
604
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,189
that anything he knows
that is of interest to people,
605
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:31,924
to humanity,
he's going to help us.
606
00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:40,666
There were rumors
607
00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:45,037
Hitler got here
in Paraguay through Misiones
608
00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:49,241
and that he was always
living in hidden places.
609
00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:53,679
He was 17 years old.
610
00:31:53,712 --> 00:31:56,248
He had already started
working as an electrician,
611
00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:59,285
supervising electrical
installations.
612
00:31:59,318 --> 00:32:00,953
He's telling me
he got to a house
613
00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:04,090
where a couple welcomed him.
614
00:32:04,123 --> 00:32:07,326
When he got there,
he saw a person
615
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,962
with the physical
appearance of Hitler.
616
00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:15,567
He asked somebody else
617
00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:18,637
if this man was Adolf Hitler.
618
00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:22,174
His co-worker looked at him
and did this, like...
619
00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:29,681
And that man, you believe,
was Adolf Hitler.
620
00:32:33,152 --> 00:32:35,454
Try and go back to
that exact moment
621
00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:38,424
and tell me every
single thing he remembers.
622
00:32:38,457 --> 00:32:39,992
Okay.
623
00:32:40,026 --> 00:32:42,628
This man had a very
thick mustache,
624
00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:44,230
but not very tidy.
625
00:32:44,263 --> 00:32:45,397
Tidy, yeah.
626
00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:46,665
Right, and also,
627
00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:49,135
the clothes were, like, old.
628
00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:53,639
He wore, like, old
German coats and, like...
629
00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:56,142
How tall was this man?
630
00:32:58,544 --> 00:33:00,146
He wasn't very tall.
631
00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:05,317
You know, listening to Robert,
632
00:33:05,351 --> 00:33:08,220
every one of these details
perfectly matches
633
00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:10,622
what we know to be true
about Adolf Hitler.
634
00:33:10,656 --> 00:33:12,691
He said that he came
through Misiones
635
00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,526
and landed here in Paraguay
636
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,728
and that he saw him
with his own eyes,
637
00:33:16,762 --> 00:33:19,265
the exact same place
where we have a document
638
00:33:19,298 --> 00:33:22,434
that says there's a Nazi
compound at Salto Suizo.
639
00:33:22,468 --> 00:33:24,670
This is massive.
640
00:33:24,703 --> 00:33:27,139
This house at Salto Suizo,
641
00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:30,376
the house that
you saw Adolf Hitler,
642
00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:32,511
I just need a little bit of help
643
00:33:32,544 --> 00:33:34,646
geographically being
able to locate it.
644
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,216
He's saying this was,
like, a wild area,
645
00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:38,617
not many houses,
646
00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:42,054
very beautiful place
with a small waterfall.
647
00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:44,390
We got to find this place.
648
00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:51,397
Robert said it was
on the backside
649
00:33:51,430 --> 00:33:54,733
through these mountains
near the waterfall.
650
00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:57,503
Following detailed directions
651
00:33:57,536 --> 00:34:00,672
provided by the eyewitness,
Tim, Gerrard and Laura
652
00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:03,375
travel 3 1/2 hours
from the closest city
653
00:34:03,409 --> 00:34:05,377
to the location
of a remote house
654
00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:07,479
in the jungle of Salto Suizo.
655
00:34:10,249 --> 00:34:11,759
It's been a hell of a drive
to get up here.
656
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:20,792
Look at this fence.
657
00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:25,364
Barbed wire, 6, 7 feet tall,
658
00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:28,134
why do you need that out here?
659
00:34:31,470 --> 00:34:34,840
This fence, this is reminiscent
of countless places.
660
00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:37,443
I've seen it in Europe.
661
00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:39,511
I've seen it in Chile.
662
00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:41,847
The last time I saw
a fence like that,
663
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,349
I was on a military base.
664
00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:45,317
The almost quintessential
embodiment
665
00:34:45,351 --> 00:34:49,155
of what the Nazis
do for security.
666
00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:54,560
To me, there's no doubting
who built this fence.
667
00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:56,628
This is somebody that is
intimately familiar
668
00:34:56,662 --> 00:34:59,198
with the way that
Nazis protect things.
669
00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:01,767
We don't know what we're going
to find on the other side,
670
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,703
but I'm starting
to think this is big.
671
00:35:16,748 --> 00:35:18,784
Look at this fence.
672
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,686
Why do you need that out here?
673
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,789
Deep in the jungle
of Salto Suizo, Paraguay,
674
00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:26,225
100 miles from the nearest city,
675
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:29,428
Tim, Gerrard and their
local contact Laura
676
00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:31,530
begin their investigation
677
00:35:31,563 --> 00:35:34,333
of a remote mountain
compound that,
678
00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:37,403
according to a declassified
Paraguayan file
679
00:35:37,436 --> 00:35:39,471
and an eyewitness account,
680
00:35:39,505 --> 00:35:42,374
could have been home to
a safe house for Adolf Hitler.
681
00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:49,615
The team makes contact
with Ricaso Gutierrez,
682
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:51,217
the property's caretaker.
683
00:35:55,287 --> 00:35:57,656
Who owns this house?
684
00:35:57,689 --> 00:36:00,259
Okay. He's saying around 1930,
685
00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:02,561
a German man built this house,
686
00:36:02,594 --> 00:36:05,364
and he also owned all that land.
687
00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:06,541
- Oh.
- That's a big parcel of land.
688
00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:08,334
It's huge.
689
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:09,477
Someone's gone
to a lot of trouble here,
690
00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:11,403
though, many years ago.
691
00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:12,747
Built a German home
on the top of a mountain?
692
00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:16,208
Right, to live a quiet life.
693
00:36:16,242 --> 00:36:18,777
This fence, why do you
have this fence here?
694
00:36:30,356 --> 00:36:33,392
To separate his private property
695
00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:35,927
from people and animals.
696
00:36:35,961 --> 00:36:37,596
Wandering cows.
697
00:36:37,629 --> 00:36:40,599
Yeah, a 7-foot-tall fence
with wire at the top.
698
00:36:40,632 --> 00:36:42,534
I've seen fences like this.
699
00:36:42,568 --> 00:36:45,337
It wasn't for cows.
700
00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:47,806
Everything that we have seen
thus far is a good sign.
701
00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:50,576
It's isolated. It is remote.
702
00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:53,545
You have a 7-foot-tall
barbed-wire fence,
703
00:36:53,579 --> 00:36:57,883
the quintessential embodiment of
what the Nazis do for security.
704
00:36:57,916 --> 00:37:00,252
But if Adolf Hitler
is in Salto Suizo,
705
00:37:00,286 --> 00:37:01,753
it has to be defendable.
706
00:37:01,787 --> 00:37:03,522
I need to know if they had
707
00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,824
any other defensive
measures in place
708
00:37:05,857 --> 00:37:07,559
on this property.
709
00:37:07,593 --> 00:37:09,393
Gerrard and I have to go
check this place out.
710
00:37:12,431 --> 00:37:15,267
So the one road in
and the one road out.
711
00:37:15,301 --> 00:37:16,835
The potential safe house
712
00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:18,604
is located
at the top of a mountain
713
00:37:18,637 --> 00:37:20,706
with only two points of entry.
714
00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:25,411
The first, a 2-mile-long access
road that was built in 1930.
715
00:37:25,444 --> 00:37:28,847
The second, a 100-acre
swath of dense jungle
716
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,418
covering the surrounding
valley floor.
717
00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:34,420
In order to uncover
whether this property
718
00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:36,555
could have been
properly secured,
719
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:39,725
the team begins by investigating
the first entry point,
720
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:42,260
the access road.
721
00:37:46,031 --> 00:37:48,266
See that? - Mm-hmm.
722
00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:53,038
Okay.
723
00:37:56,041 --> 00:37:59,645
What is this doing out here?
724
00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:01,847
Two miles below the safe house,
725
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,715
at the entry to the access road,
726
00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:07,018
the team discovers the remains
of a mysterious structure.
727
00:38:09,688 --> 00:38:10,889
Walls are pretty thick.
728
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:13,792
Yeah. The walls are very thick.
729
00:38:13,825 --> 00:38:15,994
They're thick enough
to stop a bullet.
730
00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:19,365
This might be a guard shack.
731
00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:22,067
These ruins trigger a memory.
732
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,970
I've seen this type
of construction before.
733
00:38:25,003 --> 00:38:27,005
Man, this is very similar
734
00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:29,608
to those houses in Misiones.
735
00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,877
Note the size
of the structure...
736
00:38:37,583 --> 00:38:39,183
...the way that
the windows were built...
737
00:38:44,856 --> 00:38:46,358
...the type of nails
that they used...
738
00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:51,730
...it is identical to Misiones.
739
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,465
But if Adolf Hitler
is living here,
740
00:38:53,499 --> 00:38:55,667
he's going to have more
than just a guard shack.
741
00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:57,736
I need to go deeper
into the jungle.
742
00:38:57,769 --> 00:38:59,571
I need to see what other
defensive measures
743
00:38:59,605 --> 00:39:01,440
they had in place.
744
00:39:01,473 --> 00:39:03,575
Having found evidence
of a guard shack
745
00:39:03,609 --> 00:39:05,911
controlling entry
to the access road,
746
00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:08,013
Tim sets off on foot to uncover
747
00:39:08,046 --> 00:39:10,716
whether defensive measures
were in place
748
00:39:10,749 --> 00:39:13,619
at the only other means
of entry to the compound,
749
00:39:13,652 --> 00:39:17,523
a 100-acre swath of jungle
along the valley floor.
750
00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:25,631
There's a small waterfall here
with a rope bridge across it.
751
00:39:25,664 --> 00:39:30,702
Looks like it would have
been here 75 years ago.
752
00:39:30,736 --> 00:39:33,605
If you want to stop somebody's
ability to move through this,
753
00:39:33,639 --> 00:39:37,142
a water crossing is
the perfect opportunity.
754
00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:39,044
This could be a perfect spot
for an ambush,
755
00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:40,946
a couple of snips of a wire,
756
00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:42,714
a couple of guys
with machine guns,
757
00:39:42,748 --> 00:39:44,082
nobody is getting through.
758
00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:47,018
This is, without a doubt,
a choke point.
759
00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:49,821
All right.
I'm going to keep pushing.
760
00:39:49,855 --> 00:39:51,757
Tim has now found a rope bridge
761
00:39:51,790 --> 00:39:54,826
that could have controlled
any access to the compound
762
00:39:54,860 --> 00:39:57,162
through the jungle
along the valley floor.
763
00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:01,900
Holy
764
00:40:08,173 --> 00:40:10,208
Gerrard, I got to the base
of the waterfall.
765
00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:11,843
It's about 100 feet up.
766
00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:14,513
I'm inspecting the right
and left sides of it.
767
00:40:14,546 --> 00:40:17,015
On the left side,
I see a ledge sticking out.
768
00:40:17,048 --> 00:40:19,618
It looks like you can almost
walk right out onto it
769
00:40:19,651 --> 00:40:21,028
even though you're
100 feet above the floor.
770
00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:23,522
It would be an amazing
vantage point
771
00:40:23,555 --> 00:40:25,491
to see back into the valley.
772
00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:28,093
I'm going to try to get up
and see precisely what that is.
773
00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:29,661
Understood. Okay.
774
00:40:29,695 --> 00:40:31,963
Be safe climbing up.
775
00:40:31,997 --> 00:40:34,933
Tim makes his way
to a ledge along the waterfall
776
00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:38,604
that sits just 50 yards
below the safe house.
777
00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:46,478
Go this way.
778
00:40:49,915 --> 00:40:52,250
We've got a wall, maybe.
779
00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:54,152
This right here...
780
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,627
Oh, this is clearly man-made,
781
00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:03,128
chunks of metal
sticking out of it.
782
00:41:10,669 --> 00:41:12,037
Looks like a chair.
783
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:17,075
Somebody's sitting up here?
784
00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:18,844
Why would you stick
somebody up here,
785
00:41:18,877 --> 00:41:24,015
put a chair, a flat floor
on the side of a cliff?
786
00:41:26,752 --> 00:41:31,757
A chair, walls, flat floor,
perfect points of view,
787
00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:36,695
you know, if I had fuel for
a fire, this is it right here.
788
00:41:36,728 --> 00:41:39,064
Nobody is getting up
this valley.
789
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:41,032
From this one position alone,
790
00:41:41,066 --> 00:41:45,170
you could just walk
down this valley.
791
00:41:45,203 --> 00:41:47,272
This wasn't just a building
just randomly located
792
00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:48,740
in the middle of a jungle.
793
00:41:48,774 --> 00:41:50,709
This is strategic.
It's isolated.
794
00:41:50,742 --> 00:41:52,110
It's protected.
795
00:41:52,143 --> 00:41:54,079
You have a guard shack.
796
00:41:54,112 --> 00:41:58,216
You have dense vegetation and
you have a security sentry point
797
00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,318
on top of the waterfall.
798
00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:03,989
This is where Adolf Hitler
can stay safe and secure
799
00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:05,824
and live out his old age
800
00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:08,093
and move his plans forward
for the Fourth Reich.
801
00:42:13,832 --> 00:42:16,167
What were so many Nazis
doing in Chile?
802
00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:17,869
They were setting the table
for something.
803
00:42:25,010 --> 00:42:27,679
Wow.
804
00:42:27,713 --> 00:42:28,923
This is like a black-site prison
805
00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:31,149
where you send people
to disappear.
806
00:42:31,182 --> 00:42:34,152
The ultimate price
for noncooperation.
807
00:42:34,185 --> 00:42:38,657
A Nazi-style concentration camp
flying a Nazi flag.
808
00:42:46,197 --> 00:42:48,834
Oh. This is the last
will of Adolf Hitler.
809
00:42:48,867 --> 00:42:51,269
It's here for a reason.
810
00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:53,304
This is the final piece
of the puzzle.
811
00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:56,007
I've chased a lot of fugitives
in my career.
812
00:42:56,041 --> 00:42:57,809
This is no longer a cold case.
813
00:42:57,843 --> 00:42:59,277
You're right on his trail.
814
00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:03,348
We've blown holes
in this thing from "A" to "Z."
815
00:43:03,381 --> 00:43:04,381
Find me a body.
816
00:43:04,405 --> 00:43:07,405
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