WEBVTT - Introducing 'The Flying Dutchman'

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<v Speaker 1>Hi there, listeners. Brian Seymour here we wanted to share

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<v Speaker 1>with you a powerful new podcast that some of our

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<v Speaker 1>Lady Vanishes team have been involved with. The four part

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<v Speaker 1>series tells the incredible life story of one of Australia's

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<v Speaker 1>oldest living survivors of Auschwitz.

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<v Speaker 2>In his own words, the Holocaust remains one of the

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<v Speaker 2>darkest chapters in human history. Adolf Hitler's concentration camps and

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<v Speaker 2>extermination centers redefined evil. Auschwitz was the most deadly, the

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<v Speaker 2>site of the largest single mass murder the world has

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<v Speaker 2>ever witnessed. An estimated one point three million people were

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<v Speaker 2>sent to the camp, more than one point one million died,

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<v Speaker 2>and of those prisoners who made it out, tens of

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of them were too weak or sick to live

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<v Speaker 2>more than a few days, weeks or months. Today, very

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<v Speaker 2>few are still alive. The last survivors and their stories

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<v Speaker 2>are now scattered across the globe. So when I found

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<v Speaker 2>out one of those stories was waiting to be told

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<v Speaker 2>just down the road from my home here in Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>I knew I needed to meet this ninety eight year

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<v Speaker 2>old for myself. Just record on that cool what you're

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<v Speaker 2>about to hear. Is the unbelievable journey of a boy

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<v Speaker 2>from Holland who survived the horrors of the Holocaust to

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<v Speaker 2>become a hockey legend. On the ice. He was known

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<v Speaker 2>as the Flying Dutchman, and no death row or death

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<v Speaker 2>camp could click his wings.

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<v Speaker 1>I was given a life and I will defend the best.

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<v Speaker 2>Like her voices, and now, as he fights his final

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<v Speaker 2>battle against a slow and silent killer, David Dickie Gruntman

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to hear his words in the hope humanity

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<v Speaker 2>may finally learn from its evil past.

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<v Speaker 1>The Flying Dutchman is out now wherever you find your podcasts.