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.