Ghosts of Alderney Hitler's Island Slaves Trailer

Ghosts of Alderney Hitler's Island Slaves Trailer - official movie trailer HD

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00:00This is the tiny Channel Island of Alderney.

00:07Thousands were enslaved here to build a fortress for Hitler.

00:12Fascism arrived on British shores.

00:15Labourers from across Europe and even the UK were brutalised by the Nazis.

00:21If somebody was injured at work, they were often shot.

00:25If people were so badly beaten, they were just tipped into the sea.

00:30I'm Piers Secunda, an artist and researcher.

00:34I've been chasing the ghosts of Alderney for five years.

00:38I wanted to show you this fort.

00:40And inside that fort is a firing squad execution wall.

00:44There was clear evidence of atrocities.

00:48This was the biggest mass murder on British soil.

00:52An intelligence report recommended war crimes trials.

00:57These were people who were trained bestial, sadistic killers.

01:02But no one faced British justice.

01:05Was there a cover-up?

01:06Well, of course there was a cover-up.

01:08And then if you look over here.

01:10I'm reaching into the past.

01:121944.

01:13To bring the ghosts of Alderney back to life.

01:17People aren't numbers. They're human beings.

01:20They have lives. They have histories.

01:21This is Leonas Vizicekas.

01:23I've connected faces with names and stories.

01:2680 years ago, this is probably the spot where my father was standing.

01:30It's about the people who were forced to come here and work to death.

01:34I've been there and work to death.

01:35I've been there and work to death.