Mysteries.of.the.Abandoned.S09E09.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[und] Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:04,567 [narrator] Famous, yet deserted. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,000 Prized, coveted and assaulted. 3 00:00:09,066 --> 00:00:12,200 The wreckage of sites that became battlegrounds. 4 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:16,467 A town drenched in infamy. 5 00:00:16,467 --> 00:00:19,200 The victim of a notorious raid. 6 00:00:19,266 --> 00:00:21,400 [Jim Meigs] Everything is in the same state of decay. 7 00:00:21,467 --> 00:00:23,867 This isn't just a ruin. It's something more. 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,400 [narrator] A facility famed for break outs, 9 00:00:27,467 --> 00:00:30,000 subjected to a daring break in. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,166 subjected to a daring break in. 11 00:00:30,166 --> 00:00:31,000 [Katherine Landdeck] In this case, the idea of who is the invader, 12 00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:35,867 and who is the invaded, is pretty blurred. 13 00:00:37,367 --> 00:00:39,800 [narrator] The musical heartbeat of a city, 14 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:42,400 brought down by racial division. 15 00:00:42,467 --> 00:00:44,767 [Onyeka] There were raids. There were arrests. 16 00:00:44,767 --> 00:00:46,100 People were taken away. 17 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:51,567 [narrator] And a micronation off the coast of England, 18 00:00:51,567 --> 00:00:55,100 stormed by a band of mercenaries. 19 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:59,100 So Sealand was now occupied by a gang of Germans 20 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:00,000 with guns and plenty of money. 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 with guns and plenty of money. 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,367 [narrator] This is Mysteries of the Abandoned. 23 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:08,767 Raiders and Invaders. 24 00:01:10,767 --> 00:01:12,066 Decaying relics. 25 00:01:13,867 --> 00:01:15,967 Ruins of lost worlds. 26 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:20,100 Sites haunted by the past. 27 00:01:21,266 --> 00:01:24,367 Their secrets waiting to be revealed. 28 00:01:34,266 --> 00:01:38,000 Hugging the banks of the River Glen, in west Central France, 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,367 is a settlement that appears derelict, 30 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:41,867 yet tenderly preserved. 31 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:48,400 [Rob] This looks like the perfect place 32 00:01:48,467 --> 00:01:52,467 to have a very happy, very productive agricultural village. 33 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:55,166 So why is there no one here? 34 00:01:57,367 --> 00:02:00,000 [Jim] What's striking is how 35 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:00,100 [Jim] What's striking is how 36 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:01,000 everything is in about the same degree of decay. 37 00:02:04,467 --> 00:02:07,500 As if this town was abandoned 38 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,100 and destroyed all at once. 39 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,000 [Katherine] You come into the church 40 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,367 and you see this giant bell. 41 00:02:19,367 --> 00:02:22,367 But it's not right. It's been melted. 42 00:02:22,367 --> 00:02:25,467 And you can't imagine what kind of heat must've done that. 43 00:02:26,767 --> 00:02:29,667 [narrator] Nearby, in the village's cemetery, 44 00:02:29,667 --> 00:02:30,000 rows of neat headstones seem unremarkable, until you look closer. 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 rows of neat headstones seem unremarkable, until you look closer. 46 00:02:35,567 --> 00:02:38,367 Many of the graves share the same date. 47 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:40,767 And many of the graves belong to children. 48 00:02:41,567 --> 00:02:43,500 [Rob] Your heart just sinks. 49 00:02:43,567 --> 00:02:46,700 It makes you wonder what on earth happened here. 50 00:03:00,467 --> 00:03:01,000 [Philippe] For me, going through the village is a pilgrimage. 51 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,266 You can imagine the life before. 52 00:03:06,266 --> 00:03:08,867 You can imagine the people who lived in these houses. 53 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:16,567 [narrator] Philippe Lacroix has been mayor of this area since 2014. 54 00:03:16,567 --> 00:03:20,367 His village and their shattered site share the same name. 55 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:24,400 Oradour-sur-Glane. 56 00:03:24,467 --> 00:03:27,567 Its ghostly streets disguise a thriving past. 57 00:03:29,367 --> 00:03:30,000 [Philippe] It was very commercial. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 [Philippe] It was very commercial. 59 00:03:31,867 --> 00:03:33,700 There were a lot of shops and professionals. 60 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,467 It was a very active village. 61 00:03:37,467 --> 00:03:41,367 We had about 1,600 inhabitants in the whole commune. 62 00:03:41,367 --> 00:03:43,300 [narrator] Day trippers, shoppers, 63 00:03:43,367 --> 00:03:47,567 and pupils attending the village's two schools, swelled its numbers. 64 00:03:48,867 --> 00:03:52,567 Among them were members of Philippe's family. 65 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:56,767 So why has this thriving community vanished? 66 00:03:59,166 --> 00:04:00,000 [Jim] One clue is this ancient car, 67 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 [Jim] One clue is this ancient car, 68 00:04:03,066 --> 00:04:06,100 that's sitting in a very prominent location, 69 00:04:06,767 --> 00:04:08,667 gradually rusting away. 70 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:11,467 This is a very particular type of car. 71 00:04:12,266 --> 00:04:15,200 It's a Peugeot 202. 72 00:04:15,266 --> 00:04:19,800 A model that was introduced just a couple of years before World War II. 73 00:04:23,166 --> 00:04:27,867 [narrator] The fate of Oradour is wrapped up in the chaos and destruction 74 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:29,100 of the second World War. 75 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:31,000 But this relatively tranquil part of France 76 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,367 never echoed to the sound of battle 77 00:04:35,367 --> 00:04:38,767 or the waves of bombers that pounded Europe from the skies. 78 00:04:40,166 --> 00:04:44,667 The village lay in the so-called free zone of France. 79 00:04:44,667 --> 00:04:48,000 While the Germans occupied the north and west of the country, 80 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,467 this was an area administered by the Vichy regime, 81 00:04:52,467 --> 00:04:56,500 French collaborators who ruled on behalf of their German masters. 82 00:04:58,367 --> 00:05:00,000 [Jim] Life in Vichy, France was a very tenuous affair. 83 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 [Jim] Life in Vichy, France was a very tenuous affair. 84 00:05:02,567 --> 00:05:07,266 In theory, they had a certain amount of governmental autonomy. 85 00:05:07,266 --> 00:05:12,367 And yet the German military was always there, hovering over everything. 86 00:05:12,367 --> 00:05:15,100 And always suspicious of the local population. 87 00:05:16,767 --> 00:05:18,667 [Katherine] They're going to be essentially left alone, 88 00:05:18,667 --> 00:05:20,500 as long as they do what they're told. 89 00:05:20,567 --> 00:05:24,967 As long as they collaborate or at least don't actively fight 90 00:05:24,967 --> 00:05:27,166 against the Germans that are in the area. 91 00:05:29,767 --> 00:05:30,000 [narrator] Not every French citizen was so compliant. 92 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 [narrator] Not every French citizen was so compliant. 93 00:05:33,367 --> 00:05:37,300 Disparate bands of guerrillas, collectively known as "The Resistance", 94 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:41,166 disrupted the German war effort in any way possible. 95 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:43,400 You can imagine the fault lines of distrust 96 00:05:43,467 --> 00:05:46,066 running through French society during this period. 97 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:52,900 [narrator] For four years, Oradour-sur-Glane 98 00:05:52,967 --> 00:05:56,166 existed under this uneasy atmosphere. 99 00:05:56,166 --> 00:06:00,000 But then events far away, on the beaches of northern France, 100 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:00,400 But then events far away, on the beaches of northern France, 101 00:06:00,467 --> 00:06:01,000 would change everything. 102 00:06:02,367 --> 00:06:05,400 The date was June 6th, 1944. 103 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:07,667 D-Day. 104 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:10,266 The liberation of France had begun. 105 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:18,467 Seeing the German defeat imminent, galvanizes the French. 106 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,166 It fires up the French spirit. 107 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:27,400 [Katherine] The French Resistance is ramping up their activities. 108 00:06:27,467 --> 00:06:30,000 They're becoming more aggressive and taking even more risks. 109 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 They're becoming more aggressive and taking even more risks. 110 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:35,467 [Jim] The sense of excitement must've been overwhelming. 111 00:06:35,467 --> 00:06:38,567 Here, finally, after years, 112 00:06:38,567 --> 00:06:43,100 the allies were coming to save France from the Germans. 113 00:06:43,166 --> 00:06:48,467 The villagers must've thought they can only hold on until the allies get there. 114 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,000 [Philippe] What we do know, is that in Oradour, there was no resistance. 115 00:06:55,066 --> 00:06:58,767 And as they had done nothing, they thought...