THE NAZIS' CUT AND RUN

At the end of WWII, Europe was a continent in ruins, haunted by the horrors of the Holocaust, determined to bring the Nazis to justice. The Allies compiled a list of some 30,000 war criminals, triggering a hunt on an unprecedented scale.

Facing this situation, Nazis sought to flee Europe. Secrets exfiltration networks were set up, enabling many of them - between 5 and 10,000 - to escape justice. Among them, were some of the most wanted Nazis: Dr. Josef Mengele, Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death”; Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in the genocidal “Final Solution”; Franz Stangl, in charge of the Sobibor and Treblinka extermination camps; and Klaus Barbie, also known as the “Butcher of Lyon”.

For decades, these hunts have been part of the collective imagination, fueling incredible speculation. But the truth is that these war criminals on the run were helped by an ally as unexpected as it was powerful: the Catholic Church. Diving into the intricacies of the networks that helped the fleeing Nazis via the “ratlines”, this documentary deciphers how and why the Church played a key role in this massive escape.