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HistoryExtra podcast · 2025-04-03 · 44 min · 6,730 words

A Nazi in Chile: did an SS commander work for Pinochet?

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Welcome to the History Extra podcast. Fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. What connects a notorious Chilean dictator With an SS commander who played a key role in the Holocaust. This is the question at the heart of a new book by the author and lawyer.

Philippe Sands. Which follows the twin stories. Of Augusto Pinochet's sensational arrest in London in nineteen ninety eight. And the post war career. of Walter Ralph.

Who spent many years in Pinochet's Chile. For today's episode. Philippe was joined by Rob Atar. To explore a tangled tale of law and mass murder. in Europe and South America.

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