00:00In March 1944, his section was formally tasked with hunting resistance networks in the Perigo area and was redeployed the
00:09following month to the region around the town of Imei.
00:12It was there that Villarplan negotiated the fate of more than 50 hostages, offering survival in exchange for large sums
00:20of money.
00:21Victims were told they faced execution unless he intervened, while he demanded payment knowing that many would be killed anyway.
00:30During these negotiations, Villarplan told his victims,
00:34They're going to kill you, but I'll save you, risking my life.
00:39I've saved 54, you'll be the 55th. That'll be 400,000 francs.
00:46Those who could not pay were handed over to the Brigade Nord-Africain, where torture and execution usually followed.
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00:59This is the będziemy who tarred and that will swap back, and you'll be the rich.
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