The Ratline is a historical based podcast about a real Nazi’s escape after the war.
It is well narrated and completed with interviews with the escapee’s wife (taped) and son all with a historical back-drop. Another well produced BBC podcast; this time by Philippe Sands.
The term “ratline” is used to describe all the various means by which members of the Nazi regime left Europe after the Second World War and this particular story is about Otto Wächter who was the Nazi Governor of Galicia, now western Ukraine told through the original letters to his wife, recordings with his deceased wife and his son.
After the war, Otto Wächter spent three years in the Austrian mountains, before crossing into Italy and obtaining forged identity papers in order to flee Europe. In Italy, hestayed in a monastery and met Alois Hudal, the Rector of the German Pontifical College, a Nazi sympathiser and supporter of those on the run.
You can read more about the background here
Part of the BBC Intrigue series