Deep Dive

The Nazi 'Ratlines'

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Show Notes

How did some of the worst Nazi war criminals slip through the fingers of the Allies and end up living freely in South America, the Middle East, Africa, and even… the US?

Reporter Darren Boyle has written a piece for the Daily Mail about the secret Nazi 'ratlines' - the covert networks that funnelled Hitler's henchmen out of Europe at the end of World War Two.

He joins Deep Dive host Chris Pleasance to retrace these routes, exploring how the men did it, what became of them, and whether justice was ever done.

Read Darren's full piece here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15174659/Hitler-Nazi-ratlines-escape-Holocaust.html

Host: Chris Pleasance Producer: Joe Palmer Editor: Alex Graham Executive Producer: Bella Soames A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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