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The past can't be forgotten.

 

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The past is the story

of how we move forward.

 

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Without looking back

on the story of my past,

 

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I wouldn't have come this far.

 

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I met Franz Baar in 2003,

 

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when he had just escaped

Colonia Dignidad.

 

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I was investigating

the whereabouts of Paul Schaefer,

 

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leader of that German cult

that arrived in Chile in the '60s

 

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looking for a promised land.

 

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Established in the south of my country,

 

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the place became

a center for torture, slavery,

 

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and child sexual abuse.

 

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An accomplice of dictator Augusto Pinochet,

 

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Paul Schaefer enjoyed his protection

for four decades,

 

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until his impunity was threatened.

 

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In 1996 he escaped justice,

 

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and vanished.

 

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Nine years later

I led a journalistic investigation

 

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and found his hideout in Argentina.

 

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Schaefer was arrested by Interpol.

 

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Franz Baar had been one of his victims

 

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and was one of my main sources.

 

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Many of us thought that Schaefer’s capture

would be the end of a painful story.

 

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We didn't realize the depth

of the damage he had caused.

 

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This soil,

when it gets a little drier than now,

 

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then I’m going to put some powder

 

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to get fertile soil.

 

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I'm going to take this soil

somewhere else

 

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where I’m going to be…

 

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on my own...

 

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Ok?

With the other stars.

 

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That's the issue.

Nothing else.

 

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I'm waiting until

the truck I need arrives.

 

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And I'll be gone.

 

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I’ll leave right away.

 

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Full of sacks and soil,

ducks, geese, hens, chickens,

 

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everything… bunnies.

 

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See?

 

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I’ll take them all.

 

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Living on their own has been

a dream of Franz and his wife Ingrid,

 

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since they met

inside Colonia Dignidad,

 

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where they lived imprisoned

for more than 30 years.

 

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Franz arrived at this cult when

he was only nine years old

 

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and was irregularly adopted

by a German couple.

 

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Ingrid had traveled from Germany

at the age of four,

 

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when her parents decided

to follow Paul Schaefer,

 

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who had promised them

a paradise on earth.

 

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But before long he revealed himself

to be a sadistic and heartless leader.

 

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When they arrived in Chile

the children were separated from their parents,

 

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and Schaefer sexually abused them.

 

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The adults were drugged

and forced to work as slaves.

 

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They could not escape.

 

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Despite suspicions,

 

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neither the Chilean nor the German authorities

did anything to stop him.

 

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Safe in his impunity,

 

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Schaefer began

to abuse Chilean children as well.

 

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Until the lawyer Hernan Fernandez,

defending the victims,

 

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stood in his way,

 

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and together,

we succeeded in his capture.

 

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But there is still no justice.

 

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For ten years Franz and Ingrid searched

for a place to live outside of the Colony,

 

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but were unable to adapt to social norms

 

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and were expelled

from one place after another

 

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where they tried to work or settle down.

 

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Frustrated and destitute,

their last alternative

 

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was to return to one of the old houses

belonging to “the colonos”,

 

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as the former cult members

are known.

 

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If somebody doesn't want onions

they can set it aside.

 

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Yes, my hand is already raised.

 

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You get some food in your stomach…

 

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Franz and Ingrid came out...

with illusions.

 

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Thinking that a State was waiting for them

 

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to thank them

for not giving up.

 

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And yet, they were met

with indifference, indolence, negligence.

 

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And they had to return

to that same Colony,

 

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15 years after getting out,

 

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where the oppressors are,

 

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who oppressed them again.

 

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I have to use this cane...

 

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- …to support my body.

- Huh?

 

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To support my body.

 

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Up there, they disconnected

the electricity to my house.

 

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You asked him: “Who cut the power?”

“I did.” He said.

 

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"Why?"

"So you would leave."

 

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Franz was once again faced

with the evil of the Colony.

 

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They cut his electricity,

they clogged his drainpipes.

 

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They surrounded him

with dozens of bee boxes,

 

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to harass him, and…

 

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to destroy what he had built there.

 

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- Land for sale,

- Land...

 

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Municipality of Lago Verde,

XI Region.

 

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That's how I always search.

 

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It was something real...

 

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...that I went through…

 

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when I was still at the Colony.

 

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And when we got out…

 

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we knew where we had to go:

to the 11th Region.

 

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Yeah, even when

Franz and I weren't married yet,

 

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I had the dream

of going somewhere to start over,

 

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and not to continue there,

where there was no way out.

 

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For the defense,

lawyer Hernan Fernandez Rojas appears

 

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with identification information

incorporated in the case.

 

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Thank you very much.

And also appears the defendant.

 

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Your full name?

 

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Franz Baar Kohler.

 

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Alright, your address?

 

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I don't have one.

 

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He went inside the house,

and splashed fuel...

 

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from a tank he had there,

 

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he took a paper towel, blotting paper,

 

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he wiped his hands, lit it on fire,

 

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and threw it toward

the tank with the fuel.

 

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The photos.

 

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How amazing that these survived.

 

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It's when they had just

gotten out of the Colony.

 

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There I am with them,

crossing for the first time to Chiloe.

 

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Mr. Franz Baar Kohler,

waiving his right to remain silent,

 

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testifies that some representatives

of Colonia Dignidad offered for him to live,

 

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in one of the five houses

they own in the area of Libuy.

 

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The same Germans

who are defendants in other cases,

 

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and are members of

the abusive elite of Colonia Dignidad,

 

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they took him there,

to offer him a job.

 

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But they gave him heavy work

he couldn't withstand.

 

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And also, this job was subject to

the conditions of Colonia Dignidad:

 

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no payment.

 

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They said to Ingrid,

who's sitting here,

 

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"You're going to make cheese for us."

 

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Your honor, Ingrid made cheeses

for 17 years of her life.

 

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From 4 in the morning

until 11 at night,

 

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without proper rest.

 

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Therefore, your honor,

this is the situation.

 

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If you ask whether he’ll avoid justice,

 

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no, he won’t…

 

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- Yes.

- I'm a neighbor of this property.

 

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And the landowner called me,

 

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and told me to immediately leave this land,

 

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because it's private,

and no one can enter.

 

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These things, sir, are private

and owned by Ingrid and Franz.

 

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The few things that are left,

belong to...

 

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Mr. Hernan,

 

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the landowner says:

”Please, leave the property, immediately…”

 

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You’ll take photos of me,

like in the old days, go ahead.

 

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No, I'm not taking pictures.

 

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There are private belongings…

of Ingrid and Franz

 

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[Speaking German]

 

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I ask you to obey, please,

what the landowner says.

 

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- And who are you, a police officer?

- No.

 

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How will you make me obey?

Will you tie me up?

 

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How will you kick me out?

Are you going to get a gun?

 

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I told you

what the owner asked me to.

 

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In the Colony you had loads of guns.

Do you have any here?

 

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- Are you going to kick me out with one?

- I never had a gun.

 

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You’re involving me

in things that don’t concern me.

 

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- You lived in Colonia Dignidad.

- I’m saying goodbye.

 

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How are you going to kick me out?

I’m telling you…

 

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There are animals here

that belong to Franz and Ingrid.

 

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I’m not kicking you out,

 

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I just told you what the landowner

asked me to. Goodbye.

 

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No, you are yelling at me,

 

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and I hope that you won’t do

anything unreasonable and illegal.

 

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For me it was an act of desperation,

 

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but also an act of defiance

toward the State of Chile,

 

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of defiance toward the

power of the Colony,

 

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and an act of dignity.

 

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- Goodbye. Farewell, see you later.

- Thank you.

 

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Where are we going?

 

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That way.

 

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I'm completely lost.

 

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I think there… isn’t enough space.

 

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That's why I am saying

we should leave them here.

 

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- No, let’s save the bunnies.

- I’ll take the four of them.

 

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I’ll carry the four little ones

in my arms, in a box.

 

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to calm them, talk to them…

 

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And what will their mom do then?

 

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If the little ones take on your scent?

 

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Do you think she’ll want them?

 

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So here we have to be wise

on behalf of nature.

 

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But we can't be favoring humans

against matters that concern animals.

 

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That's not right.

Is it?

 

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Before marrying him,

 

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I was in love,

 

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without knowing

what being in love was.

 

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But I was in love. I know now.

 

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I fell in love during a long walk,

in April 2001,

 

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by the shore of the Nuble River.

 

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He went looking for water

to wash up.

 

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He was wearing shorts,

and I looked at his legs.

 

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Look…

 

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Wow! Such beautiful legs.

 

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I knew I could trust in him 100%.

 

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I knew it.

 

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It's raining!

 

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- Counselor!

- Yes?

 

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Franz and Ingrid.

 

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We’ll have to enter along the side, because...

 

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the rainy weather made the truck slip.

 

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Typical.

 

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This way?

 

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Here it is, Franz...

 

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...and Ingrid.

 

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For you.

 

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Yeah, just... like in the photo.

 

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Let’s keep going to find out

if it’s like the photo.

 

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- Do you like it?

- Yes, good soil.

 

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Do you like it?

 

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Here you can do

anything you want, Franz.

 

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Let’s keep going.

 

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We have to look for springs.

 

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Happy?

 

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Yes, I'm happy.

 

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Here's everything…

 

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…everything I need.

 

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Here.

 

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The low-lying areas

and the heights.

 

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That’s it.

 

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I want it to remain wild,

and do things later.

 

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I was worried...

not about what they could do,

 

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but what new threats would come

 

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that would prevent them from

living their dream of happiness and freedom.

 

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And the question is:

what kind of neighbors could they have?

 

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And at some point we started hoping

no neighbor would arrive, it was like a paradox.

 

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The danger wasn't the animals,

the danger was the humans.

 

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How are you doing Franz?

 

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Counselor!

 

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Hello!

It's been such a long time.

 

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More than two years.

 

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Café, come here.

 

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Leave her alone.

 

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Come here, Café.

 

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You can heal from everything here.

 

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There's freedom and clean air.

 

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This is basil.

 

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Ah, it smells delicious.

 

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It's an effort.

A huge effort.

 

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But nothing is impossible.

 

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How does one heal past wounds?

 

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I work here to leave behind a gift

for those to come.

 

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So these plants have already yielded?

 

00:24:06:02 00:24:09:08

Yes, yes!

Absolutely, Counselor.

 

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There is no healing in the Colony.

 

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Here you can heal.

 

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Here you can mend your life.

 

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I want to live.

 

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Because I love my life,

 

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it's so beautiful, so nice, so lovely!

 

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And I want to show the world

that everything is possible.