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male narrator: Previously
on "Hunting Hitler"...

- Perón is overthrown in '55.
The page is turned in Argentina.

Hitler would have been
obligated to get up and move.

- From Bariloche, Chile is
right over the mountain range.

- The story started
coming out that your father

was Martin Bormann.

- [speaking foreign language]

- If Bormann is here,
Hitler is not very far away.

- Four men came to her house,
and they said

they came from Colonia Dignidad.

- Colonia Dignidad,
a German community

led by a Nazi corporal.
But they're not gonna want to

talk about their Nazi past
or any part of it.

- They've changed their name
to Villa Baviera.

[suspenseful music]

- Whoa, look at this.

- Last time I saw
a fence like that,

I was on a military base.
Oh, my God.

- Guard tower.

- This road's locked down.

This is the only way in
and the only way out.

- Welcome to the utopian
German colony of Villa Baviera.

♪

- 1955, Perón is overthrown,
Argentina is no longer

a safe haven for Adolf Hitler
or any senior Nazi,

so they have to
go somewhere.

- All roads lead to Chile.

narrator: CIA veteran Bob Baer
and war crimes investigator

Dr. John Cencich
review the investigation

in Chile,
where they have uncovered

Colonia Dignidad,

a secretive German community

that, according to
a declassified CIA file,

operated as a cult and
could have provided refuge

for Nazi war criminals.

- If Hitler was in Chile,
his only bet

is Colonia Dignidad.

You have a remote
part of Chile.

A known Nazi sets this place up,

a community where Germans can go

and within those walls
of that community

remain anonymous.

narrator: In 1959,
Paul Schafer,

a former Nazi corporal,
fled Germany and, along with

300 German followers,
eventually set up

Colonia Dignidad
deep in the mountains of Chile.

For over three decades,
Colonia Dignidad

operated officially
as a religious

and agricultural commune,
but their true activities

were unknown,
as access to the compound

was highly restricted.

In 2005, Schafer
was arrested

on 25 counts of child abuse,
and eventually died

in police custody.
After his death,

colony members took over
the compound

and changed its name
to Villa Baviera,

where residents still live,
as well as offer tourists

an authentic
German experience in Chile.

- You look at
the defenses, location,

something was going on
at Colonia Dignidad other than

a religious community.

The deeper we get into this,
the more mysterious it becomes.

John, you look at this,
the barbed wire fences.

This is like
a military camp.

I worked on bases like this.

This is a protected area.

- Absolutely.

This picture was taken
by Tim and Mike.

They're calling it
the Villa Baviera,

The restaurants, the hotel,
the special events,

the outdoor activities--
this image here is not aligned

with what we know.
They have a darker past.

- They're trying to
erase history.

It's gone down
the memory hole.

- We need to find out
what's really going on.

What evidence is behind
these walls that would allow us

to have a better picture
of activities

that were designed
to support

fleeing, high-ranking
Nazi war criminals?

- It's clear to me
that they're not gonna

be able to go in there
and ask direct questions.

- To pull this off,
the team needs to go

in an undercover capacity,
and while doing that,

ferret out what really went on
behind these walls decades ago.

It can be done.

I'm confident Tim and Mike
are the people for that task.

- Let's get into
Colonia Dignidad.

♪

- Look at this.

- Guard tower.
Oh, my God.

- There's no reason
to have that there

except to cover the road.

- If you put
a machine gun up there,

this road's locked down.

narrator: U.S. Army
Special Forces Tim Kennedy,

reconnaissance expert
Mike Simpson,

and their translator America
prepare to enter the compound

of Villa Baviera.

- We came here to find evidence
that Adolf Hitler could have

come to Colonia Dignidad.

We didn't expect to find
a tourist attraction.

So we're operating on the ruse
that we are there

for the purpose of making
a travel show

about beautiful places
in Chile to visit,

and this new tourist attraction,
Villa Baviera.

narrator: The team
makes contact

with a representative
from Villa Baviera,

who has arranged for
a guided tour of the site.

- Mucho gusto.
Tim.

- [speaking foreign language]

- Our first time here.
Can you tell us

a little bit about it?

- What are you gonna
show us first?

- Lead the way.
- Yeah.

Bienvenido.

♪

- This is the restaurant.
- Wow.

- They open every day,
and it's full.

- The food's that good.
- Yes, yes. Very good.

- The image that they're putting
out to the general public

is completely different than
the declassified information

that we have.

It literally feels like
revisionist history.

- Sausage masters.
- Ooh, look at that.

- So, I mean, everything
comes from here?

- Yeah, yes.
- Your vegetables

come from here,
your cheese comes from here,

your sausages come from here.
- Yes, yes.

- Now that we've seen
these pictures of the sausage,

I wanna see where
the sausage comes from.

It's very easy to see
how someone could be swept away

in all of this, never knowing
exactly what happened here.

♪

- How long have you guys
been making sausages here?

- [speaking foreign language]

- [speaking foreign language]

- What's your favorite part
about living here?

- [speaking foreign language]

- He would say the freedom,
the nature, the safety.

- It's very safe here?

- It was not always like that.

- Maybe you didn't come here
for those stories.

- Ooh.
- You know?

- You know, when you have
a butcher that says

Colonia Dignidad
is way safer now,

that bad things
used to happen here,

those are the clues
that are telling us

that we're not getting
the full truth right now.

- [speaking foreign language]

- This was Paul Schafer's room.

- We'll respect everything.

We're here for the tour.
What else is there to see?

♪

- The bunkers.
- Sí.

- Oh, yeah.

- So in a communal society,
why do you need Fort Knox here?

What was in here?

- There is a massive safe built
into the center of the bunker.

Just another red flag,
just another thing that is

standing up saying
something's not adding up.

- Wow.

- Wow, I wasn't expecting that.

So what exactly
are we looking at here?

- Every room in the place
had a small set of speakers.

- Like an intercom?
-[speaking foreign language]

- Sí, sí.
- Yes.

- So they had
extensive infrastructure

for communication.
- Sí.

- The technology for the time
period that we're talking about

was state-of-the-art.
There were thousands

of communication nodes.
That tells me this entire

bunker complex underground
was equipped

with two-way communications.

That's military grade
right there.

- All right, where to next?

I've seen what
they wanted to show me,

but I've picked up on
so much more.

This was built
with a military perspective.

These are indications
that this religious,

agricultural community
was something else entirely.

We cannot stop
until we find the truth

about Colonia Dignidad.

♪

[suspenseful music]

narrator: In the capital
of Chile, Tim Kennedy,

Gerrard Williams, Mike Simpson,
and translator America

have uncovered a man
by the name

of Winfred Hemple...

- Hola.
- Hola.

narrator: Who was once
a resident of Colonia Dignidad.

- Sit down, please.

- Winfred Hemple
lived in Colonia Dignidad.

He was born there.
He was raised there.

There is no one better
to tell us exactly

what went on
behind those fences.

Thank you for meeting with us.
Could you start by telling us

a little bit
about Colonia Dignidad?

- [clears throat]

[speaking foreign language]

♪

- They couldn't even think about
going out of the colony

because there were a group
of men that had guns and dogs,

and they were the ones
who would recover the prisoners

who were trying to escape.

- What would happen to
that person?

- [scoffs]

- You're in prison without even
knowing you're in prison.

- Everything Schafer did
was all about fear.

It is the most powerful tool
you can wield psychologically.

When you've got
this level of control,

people will do
anything you want.

You could have marched
a high-ranking Nazi

right into the compound,
ordering everybody

to turn their backs
and face away.

Nobody would've seen them.

- Is Schafer openly Nazi?
- Yes.

- There were people
who were openly Nazis.

- In his group?
- Yes.

- In the--in the...
- In the Schafer group?

- Yes, yes.

- Walter Rauff?
- Yes.

- Who's Walter Rauff?
- Walter Rauff is

a disgusting creature
who invents the mobile gas van

for murdering Jews on the road.

♪

Were they senior
in the colony's organization?

- [speaking foreign language]

- The colony has a hierarchy.

The first level was Schafer
and his associates,

then there were the colonists.

- Do you think it would be
possible for Paul Schafer

or his inner circle
to hide people

inside of Colonia Dignidad
without people knowing?

- They knew they couldn't enter
some areas of the colony,

but they always saw people
from the army,

military people
around the colony.

- So even amongst the colonists,
there were areas

that you do not go here?

- Colonia Dignidad
is segregated,

and each of these
compartmentalizations

prohibited access
from one colony member

to any other part of the camp.

This is ideal to move
high-value targets.

If Adolf Hitler wanted to
fly and land there

and gain access
to all the other areas

that even the people living
on the colony didn't have

access to,
this is the place.

- We went to Colonia Dignidad,
and we got the formal tour.

Is there more there for us
if we were to go back?

- Sí.

- What they show
is this bucolic face

that Schafer cultivated.

- We're not finished
investigating.

What I'm asking is tough,
but I wanna know:

will you go back there with us?

- [clears throat]

- Whatever was happening there,
they didn't want

the world to know about.

I've met a lot of heroic
and courageous men,

and you are
at the top of that list.

We are seeing the true face
of Colonia Dignidad.

This is evil,
this is brutality,

this is bigger
than we ever thought.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- I think there was
a cult there,

but it's not the only thing
that was there.

I think the cult was the front
for something else.

narrator: Bob and John
review the findings

from the field team in Chile.

- Winfred was born there.
All he knew

about the outside world
was which way

was north, south,
east, and west.

That says it all.

Completely secluded
from the world.

- And he was talking about
the whole place

being compartmented.
Civilians living on one side,

then you have
the secret part of the base,

which is run
for military purposes.

Keep the civilians out.
Keep it separated.

Keep the security high.

I haven't seen communications
facilities this complicated

on American military bases
I've been on.

They were doing something there,
and that's the question is what.

- According to Winfred,
there's a secretive aspect

that's perhaps
more nefarious,

and that is
the presence of Nazis.

They met in areas
that were completely off limits

for everybody else
in the compound.

- The way Colonia Dignidad
operates reminds me

of North Korea.
You simply do not see

North Koreans leaving
and talking to people

on the outside.
Absolute total control.

But they were out
to do bad things.

That's why they needed
to keep secrets.

Who lived in that compound?

I mean who was so important
to marshal

that kind of resources
in total secrecy?

- Let me show you
something here.

Yeah, this is it right here.
It's a now-declassified

German Parliament document,
and it goes on to talk about

the arrests in Chile
of eight more members

of the leadership
of Colonia Dignidad,

including an ex-member
of Adolf Hitler's

personal body guard formation,
Kurt Schnellenkamp.

♪

- His bodyguard?
This is huge.

- Not only was he the one-time
bodyguard of Adolf Hitler,

but a member of the leadership
of Colonia Dignidad.

That's an amazing connection.

If Adolf Hitler's body guard

was in Colonia Dignidad,
who else was

in Colonia Dignidad?

Who was he protecting?
What was he doing there?

- This is not just a colony
of Germans with Nazi sympathies.

- Right now in my mind,
it's not a question

if Nazis were there,
it's what were they doing there?

- And it could be as simple
as protecting Adolf Hitler

or planning for
the Fourth Reich.

I think what we need to do now
is go to the militarized parts

of this compound base
and figure out

could it have housed
Adolf Hitler?

I mean, was there a facility
that he could have gone

and stayed at securely
and his identity protected?

- No matter how we look at this,
this is not going to be

an easy mission.

- With or without
their cooperation,

we will get to the truth.

♪

[suspenseful music]

♪

- That's Winfred right there.
- Yep.

narrator: Tim Kennedy
and Mike Simpson

reconnect
with Winfred Hemple,

a former resident
of Colonia Dignidad...

- Morning.
- Morning.

narrator: Now known as
Villa Baviera.

Winfred has agreed
to help the team try and get

access to the hidden areas
of the compound that,

according to a declassified
German document,

was a refuge
for Adolf Hitler's

personal body guard
after the war.

- We have to be able
to get more access.

- Mm-hmm.

- They're just gonna show you
what they want you to see.

- Right.

I need to see
where the bad things happened.

- Mm.

- You know, the things
that they're hiding.

- Yeah.
How do we get in there?

- There's a semi-public road.
Trucks go in that way,

so they don't have
such a strict control.

- So they can't
completely control it.

- Exactly.

- So there's another way in?
- Yes, yes.

- We can't do this
without Winfred.

He lived there.
He understands the culture.

Winfred can
see through the smoke.

That's exactly
what we need to do

to get the truth
from Colonia Dignidad.

narrator: Winfred leads
the team

to a military installation
located five miles south

of the center
of the colony.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Wow.

You're on top of the world here.

Golly.

- We're about just shy of
3,000 feet up,

off the valley floor.

- I've been in special forces
for 15 years.

That tower is better than
some of the things that I had

on my own fire bases
in Afghanistan and Iraq.

It's massive.
It is tactically positioned

on top of the tallest point
in the entire valley.

♪

We have to know
what you can see from there.

Check this door out.

- There's a little bit of a gap
between the top of the fence

and the barbed wire
in the back.

There it's pushed down
a little bit.

- Yeah.

♪

[grunts]

♪

I'm gonna start the ascent.

♪

- He's roughly as high as
a six-story building right now.

♪

- Roger that.

- Standing right here,
I'm able to see

absolutely everything.

I can see
the Andes Mountains east of us.

To the west of us,
on a clear day,

I can probably
even see the ocean.

I can see the valley floor,
which is 2,500 feet below me.

And here to the south, I can see
all of Colonia Dignidad.

This is unbelievable.

Nothing could go in
or out of Colonia Dignidad

for 100 miles without somebody
seeing it from here.

They would have had an hour,
if not more, of early warning.

This is the first sign
that this was strategic,

this was planned and executed
and built for a reason,

and that reason
resonates military.

Anything that's gonna come
from any direction,

they will have early warning
from that watch tower

to be able to to get anyone
they're hiding out safely

without anyone knowing.

♪

- [speaking foreign language]

- Go in here, please.

narrator: Winfred leads
the team toward the center

of the compound
and the perimeter fence

that surrounds
the entire property.

- Here, there's something
you should see.

- The hell is that?

- So there's an access ladder
on this side.

- All right, so there's
the panel box here.

There's probably hundreds
of wires running into it.

- Oh, yeah.

- These wires aren't--
this isn't power.

- Where was all this
running though?

Tim, look at this.

Wires coming out here.

- Mike, there's way more
over here.

This one connects to
chain link fence.

This one connects to
the barbed wire.

That's a different level--
it connects to

a different strand
of barbed wire.

- Yeah, there's tons
over here, Tim.

- Oh, man.

- This is wired into
a connector, going directly into

what holds this
piece of wire on.

So somebody pushes on this,
puts an electrical impulse

through this.
This goes to

a command somewhere,
and a light on

a switch board lights up.
Tells you what number the post.

Somebody really did not want
people climbing this fence.

- Tim.

- Mike!

- Yeah?
- You gotta see this.

- The hell is that?

- It's Styrofoam.
- What?

- It's painted like a rock.

You have moss on here,
a little screen in front of it.

This is like
Hollywood-level design.

- This looks to me like
an old-fashioned electric eye

infrared sensor.
Basically an infrared trip wire,

so anything coming through here
is gonna trip it.

- We have concentric
lines of defense.

FiFiyou had your primary.

The observation post
is essentially early warning.

On the second one, we have
the outside perimeter fence,

with thousands of sensors
running into it.

You know this is an indication
of thorough security.

The only reason
you're doing things like this

is if you are protecting
the people at the highest level,

the highest.

♪

[suspenseful music]

♪

- All right,
so help us out here.

narrator: Deep in the mountains
of Chile,

Tim Kennedy,
Mike Simpson,

and an ex-resident
of Colonia Dignidad,

Winfred Hemple,
are investigating

the former grounds
of this secret German community

with reported ties
to Nazis on the run.

They have already uncovered
multiple military-style

defenses
surrounding the compound.

- This is layer after layer
with perfect control.

You have the fences,
you have the observation,

you have the communication,
you have everything you need.

Question is how do you
hide and protect Hitler?

If Adolf Hitler is being
harbored and protected

in Colonia Dignidad,
you're gonna have hidden houses,

safe houses, hideouts,
with the infrastructure

to be able to support that.

- Is there a place
anywhere in Colonia Dignidad

where, if I brought
a very important person in,

I could hide them completely?

- There was structure
underground?

- To your knowledge,
were any of these some place

that somebody could live
for an extended period of time?

- Sí, sí.

- There first--
there's a warehouse,

and there's a bunker.

- Can we get inside
any of the bunkers?

Can we get inside
any of the tunnels?

- We gotta go there.
We have to see them.

- Let's move.

♪

narrator: To minimize
their exposure,

the team heads out on foot
to explore the tunnel

and bunker system
in the heart of the compound.

It's like
a cloak-and-dagger mission.

We're trying to move
surreptitiously

through Colonia Dignidad,
but there are eyes everywhere.

Every move counts.
We have to be careful.

We have to
stay under the radar.

We make a mistake,
we get caught.

We get caught,
we can't get to the truth.

- Mike, you gotta see this.
- I'm on my way.

♪

Oh, my God.

- Look at this.

- Hundreds, if not thousands,
of sensors.

There would've been
an alarm board here.

- And this is just
one layer.

This is just
that one fence ring.

- This is, like, a permanent
duty station, you know.

There's massive, vast
communication systems in place.

Most importantly,
there's just line after line,

cord after cord,
all going to different sensors

throughout that region
of Colonia Dignidad.

If this is a military compound
that's protecting Adolf Hitler,

you would expect to find
security like this.

narrator: The team
makes their way through

a complex network of tunnels,
extending outwards

from the command base.

- Got a bunch
of machinery in here.

- This is a compressed air tank.

These are hydraulic pistons.
There's the fluid,

and then we got matching
hinged pieces on the end.

Hey, look at this.

This is a movable piece here.

I think--you know what?

narrator: The team
has discovered

what they believe to be
a hydraulic-powered

barrier system.
When deployed,

two high-powered hydraulic arms
could have raised

the barrier upwards,
preventing the movement

of personnel and vehicles.

- Yeah.

This immediately reminded me
of White House security.

It appears that they
are really trying to protect

a very, very important person.
They could lock down the gate

completely without ever exposing
themselves in any fashion.

- All right, we got
the end of line here.

All right.

Holy [bleep].
We have a massive room.

- What the [bleep]?
- Yeah.

- There's some [bleep]
in here I didn't expect.

- Soundproofing.

- Yeah, they're soundproofing
this room.

- Why?

- You know what this is?

- A 12x12 reinforced
concrete cement bunker

in the center of the compound
is the perfect place

for Adolf Hitler
to be protected,

and he has
the perfect place to run to

when things get
too hot for him.

If you wanted a safe house,
if you wanted a hideout,

this fits the bill.

narrator: Winfred leads
the team to the warehouse

located in the epicenter
of the compound, just 500 yards

from the entrance
to the bunker system.

- When you lived here,
what were you told this was?

- What would happen
to you if you came

and tried to look here?

- What went on here?

- They built guns?
- They built guns.

- Not where they kept guns.
They built guns here?

- They used to copy them
and then assemble new ones.

- Re-fabrication of firearms.
- Yeah.

This is major.
This is like a country

within a country
where they can do

anything they want.

[tense music]

♪

[both speaking indistinctly]

♪

- Yeah, yeah.

It makes my heart race.

- [speaking foreign language]

- She's the person in charge.
- Okay.

- And we're allowed to visit
just three places.

- Are you telling us
we have to leave?

- Yes, we have to
leave right now.

- Okay.

Layers of security:
towers, fences, motion sensors,

and now you have
manufacturing weapons.

They could have been
building this Fourth Reich,

armed and supplied,
all from one location.

It's terrifying.

You couldn't write
a fictional story like this.

Nobody would believe it.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

- I've been on a lot
of military bases

all over the world.
This type of security

is more consistent
with the security measures

that are implemented relative to
a military operation

than it is
protecting a cult.

narrator: Bob and John
review the findings

from their investigation
of Colonia Dignidad in Chile,

where a declassified
German document places

Adolf Hitler's
personal body guard

hiding out at this secretive
compound after World War II.

- At the end of the day,
some serious people

put this facility together,
and they did it

with a purpose and a mission.

We have right here
the watch tower.

This is tactically placed.
You can see everything

in the whole area.
It's the first line of defense.

Second line of defense,
you've got infrared trips.

You've got wired fence.
This security,

if this goes
back to the '60s,

matches any
military base security

in the United States.

And what you have
here at the core

are tunnels and bunkers,

reinforced communications
equipment.

A good place to hide out
of the center of things.

And then you have
a weapons warehouse.

You have to have
a military force to recreate

the Fourth Reich.
Here, you could create weapons.

In the center is the most
important piece: the weapons.

Warehouse, development,
we don't know what's in there,

but it's not Misiones,
where, you know, fine,

you can go hide out
in the jungle.

This is something
much bigger than Misiones.

We cannot exclude
the possibility

that Hitler made it
to Colonia Dignidad,

and started planning
the Fourth Reich.

You just can't.

But this weapons facility
is still a mystery,

what they were making there.

Eliminate the possibility
this is just

conventional weapons
being made here.

They were not there
making single-action rifles

to invade the United States.
It just doesn't make sense.

- I agree.

What would they need
conventional weapons for?

It doesn't fit.

- If this base was being used
for the Fourth Reich,

we need to know
what kind of weapons

are being made
in this warehouse,

and that will tell us
what this whole place

is really about.

- If we can't get inside,
at the very least,

we need a human source.
We need an informant to tell us

who has actual
first-hand knowledge

of what was going on
on the inside of that building.

♪

- Gracias.

- So, Gael, you can go in first
'cause you speak Spanish.

You can introduce us.
- Okay.

- And that'll help me out.

narrator: In hopes of
determining the nature

of reported
weapons manufacturing

at Colonia Dignidad...

- [speaking foreign language]

- Señor Fernandez, Gerrard.

Gerrard Williams,
nice to meet you.

narrator: Gerrard Williams
and his translator Gael

meet with Hernan Fernandez,
a lawyer who represents

former residents
of Colonia Dignidad

in a 20-year-long civil case

against
the colony's leadership.

- I know that you have
a case against Colonia Dignidad.

What can you tell me
about the colony making guns?

- We know for a fact
that Colonia Dignidad had

the weapon manufacturer there.

- How many guns?
What sort of guns?

- Big amount of weapons of war,
ready-to-be-used weapons of war.

Ready to be sold.

- Rifles and sub-machine guns?

We know that
Colonia Dignidad

effectively was
a Nazi Community.

Now we have weapons
manufacturing going on there.

Big question here: why?

- There was also
chemical weapons,

like the sarin gas.
- Sarin gas?

- Sí.

- Sarin in its gas form
is a very, very nasty chemical.

If it gets into the hands
of the wrong people,

a lot of people are gonna die.

How did they make sarin gas
in the middle of Chile?

- They had the resources
to both get national chemists,

but also to bring people
from abroad.

- It's just horrible
beyond belief.

Amazingly, we're talking
about one of the nastiest

chemical weapons the world
has ever heard of.

We don't know exactly
what they originally

planned to do,
but this looks like

they're planning
a Germany that can exist

in the 20th century.

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[suspenseful music]

- I think the team
is actually much closer

to resolving the question
as to what was happening

in this warehouse.

narrator: Bob and John
review the findings from Chile,

where they have
uncovered testimony

regarding the possible nature
of weapons manufacturing

at Colonia Dignidad.

- Members of the team
have interviewed a lawyer,

and he is alleging that
they were manufacturing

weapons of war.
But beyond that,

he is alleging
that they were manufacturing

chemical weapons,
specifically sarin.

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- Sarin is a battlefield
biochemical weapon.

It's a weapon
of mass destruction.

If you have a system
to disperse sarin,

you could take out
a major American city.

The casualties
would be catastrophic.

- Could this warehouse
have been a facility

for the production of sarin?

- Absolutely you could
make sarin here and store it.

I was in Syria when they
were making sarin gas,

and they just had
a couple scientists

trained abroad,
like the Nazis would be,

and took not particularly
sophisticated labs

that were easily concealed
and built these things.

It is hideously lethal.

- We knew that Hitler,
whether he lived or died,

had this vision
for the continuation

of his empire
in Colonia Dignidad.

The leads pan out.

- Exactly, look,
you've got sarin.

You've got
weapons manufacturing.

You've got Nazis, and,
for all we know, Adolf Hitler.

This isn't
the Fourth Reich in theory.

This is the Fourth Reich in act.

I never thought
we'd get this far.

Earlier in the investigation,
we uncovered that Hitler

could have escaped,
but now, with this leg

of the investigation,
we've uncovered

so, so much more.

- I found an exit
into a new tunnel.

- Are you kidding me?

- Now Hitler's got
another way out.

- This isn't
Saddam Hussein hiding in

a spider hole underground.

This was well-funded,
well-planned, well in advance.

- Any wealthy Nazi officials met
to plan the formation of...

- Hitler had, at his disposal,
a massive network

with thousands of loyal Nazis.

All could have put together
his escape plan

and sustained him
for years.

- Like Martin Bormann...

- People were really scared
to see him because there were

a lot of deaths
happening around him.

- Before the end of the war,
Bormann had set up a plan

for Hitler's escape.

- Adolf Eichmann.

- Why was he here?

- We got an escape tunnel.
That's what this is.

- In addition to that,
he would have had

the highest levels
of government support.

- Yeah, we've seen it
from Spain...

- As well as in Argentina.

- Perón essentially
was giving Dr. Richter

anything he wanted moneywise.

- We're not just
talking about governments,

we're talking about
heads of government,

dictators in South America
who prepared

to protect Adolf Hitler.
And once he was on the run,

he wouldn't have had just
safe houses to hide out in.

He would have had
military compounds.

- That is huge.
Why is this in the middle

of the jungle?

- Like Misiones...

- This feels like
military barracks.

- Bariloche...

- Somebody sat back
with a map and said,

"I'm gonna put Adolf Hitler
here, a watch tower here,

and I'm gonna put
a bunker here."

This is an interconnected
military compound.

- And now in Chile, we have
a very large military compound.

- In the center of the compound
is the perfect place

for Adolf Hitler
to be protected.

- Military bases
in South America

that were controlled by Nazis.
The most terrifying thing for me

is that if Hitler had escaped,
he didn't intend to give up.

He intended to attack
the United States.

They had a plan using a weapon
with a kill radius

which would've
taken out Manhattan.

Not only did he intend
to attack the United States,

he had the means
to do major damage.

Secret munitions factories
in Buenos Aires,

a nuclear program
in the mountains of Argentina.

- This is to prevent
radiation from escaping.

That's how close they were.

- Headquarters
in Tangier, Morocco,

for the Nazi Fourth Reich.

- This has all the markings
of a military command center.

- And Colonia Dignidad,
where they could have used

weapons of mass destruction
tucked away in Chile.

I started this out
as a complete skeptic,

that this was impossible,
Nazis going to South America

and setting up
the Fourth Reich.

But every piece of information
we keep digging up

points the same way.

- And if there was ever
a case to be made

that the Fourth Reich
actually turned operational,

it's Colonia Dignidad.

- What we found is something
much more chilling

than Hitler's mere escape.
The fact that you had people

committed to murdering us,
that had the ability to make

weapons of mass destruction,
and we were sort of

clueless what they were up to.

I think it's pretty
damn scary.

Hitler was not a fugitive.

He was a man that intended
to change history.

He was not gonna give up,
he was not gonna retire,

he was not gonna
go into permanent hiding.

He had the elements...

And the will.

He had big plans.

And the scariest part:

these people do not give up.

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