![]() ![]() Ingrid and Franz go after her for the same reason. After much soul-searching, Kessler decides to turn his back on them and turns instead to the young Nazis, agreeing to give them the Nazi fortune.ĭeciding that Mical has become too much of a threat, Ruckert orders his followers to kill her. They care much about their own safety, little about building a new Nazi regime in Germany. Kessler realizes that the Kameradenwerk are just too old and too tired to lead Germany back to Nazism. Similarly, Mengele had died in 1979, but this did not come to light until 1985.) (In real life, Bormann had died in 1945, but this was not revealed until 1998. ![]() At the same meeting, Kessler is repulsed to be introduced to Josef Mengele ( Oscar Quitak), Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Kessler and Ruckert also meet their comrades, under the command of Martin Bormann, who does not appear on screen, apart from one arm. Ingrid and Franz meet fellow Nazis and discuss a plan to convince Kessler to take over their group and to bring with him a fund of 48 billion Deutschmarks, to be used to support the exiled Nazis. Mical and Bauer stay with pigeon-fancier Jose Garriga ( John Moreno), who quickly charms them and wins their friendship. Yqueras is partly based on the former President of Argentina Juan Peron, a Nazi sympathizer who welcomed war criminals into his country and prevented their extradition, and partly on Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner - still in power in 1981 - who also allowed his country to become a safe haven for Nazi war criminals. Kessler and Ruckert stay with a Nazi-sympathizing Paraguayan aristocrat, Don Julian Yqueras (played by Guy Rolfe, who previously appeared in the Secret Army episode, "Russian Roulette" as Oberst von Elmendorf). After a brief detour in Buenos Aires, the pair arrive in Ascunsion. When it is discovered, Kessler, Ruckert, Franz, and Ingrid travel to Paraguay, and Bauer and Mical set off in pursuit. Bauer's agents break into Kessler's home and find a photo album, which proves he is Kessler. Mical is kidnapped from outside Kessler's London hotel and beaten by Franz, before being thrown into the River Thames. Her companion Ruth Lieberman ( Ishia Bennison) is murdered by the Kameradenwerk, and Van Eyck becomes their next victim. Mical breaks into the grounds of Kessler's home to see him, but is discovered and forced to flee. Mical's mother's family was sent to Dachau to be killed, on Kessler's orders. Van Eyck and Bauer meet a young Israeli woman soldier called Mical Rak ( Nitza Saul). Monique and Natalie are certain that Dorf is Kessler, but Albert claims to be less sure. The trio reminisce about their wartime activities running the resistance organisation Lifeline. Some of the serial's first scenes take place outside the Restaurant Candide in the Grand-Place in Brussels. Van Eyck invites three other Secret Army characters to his studios: Albert Foiret ( Bernard Hepton), Monique Durnford (née Duchamps), ( Angela Richards) and Natalie Chantrens ( Juliet Hammond-Hill). Ingrid is sleeping with her father's manservant, Franz Hoss ( Nicholas Young), and they are part of a group of young Neo-Nazis who dream of leading Germany back to Nazism. Kessler is part of an organisation called the Kameradenwerk, made up of Nazis on the run, trying to evade trial for their war crimes, led by Kessler’s close friend Colonel Hans Ruckert ( Ralph Michael), a character based on Luftwaffe ace Colonel Hans Rudel. His wartime Belgian mistress Madeleine Duclos ( Hazel McBride) is deceased, but after the War the couple married and had a daughter, Ingrid ( Alison Glennie). Kessler has changed his name to Manfred Dorf and is now a rich industrialist, with factories manufacturing plastics, explosives, and pharmaceutical products. The story begins when a Belgian journalist, Hugo van Eyck ( Jerome Willis), broadcasts a documentary about Nazi war criminals, and investigates the whereabouts of the former Chief of Gestapo and SS of Belgium, Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler ( Clifford Rose) with the help of West German intelligence officer Richard Bauer ( Alan Dobie).
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