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But the train to freedom
was filled with risks and danger. If you were a rail traveller passing
through Canfranc, you would have met German border guards,
Vichy French border guards, people fleeing Nazi persecution,
and spies of all sorts. They were all rubbing shoulders
in the cafe and waiting room at that station. And the key place where all these
people met in Canfranc was the Hotel Moracco,
which belonged to Santiago's family
was filled with risks and danger. If you were a rail traveller passing
through Canfranc, you would have met German border guards,
Vichy French border guards, people fleeing Nazi persecution,
and spies of all sorts. They were all rubbing shoulders
in the cafe and waiting room at that station. And the key place where all these
people met in Canfranc was the Hotel Moracco,
which belonged to Santiago's family
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But the train to freedom
was filled with risks and danger.
00:00:06.028 --> 00:00:10.002
If you were a rail traveller passing
through Canfranc, you would have met
00:00:10.024 --> 00:00:14.016
German border guards,
Vichy French border guards,
00:00:14.002 --> 00:00:18.012
people fleeing Nazi persecution,
and spies of all sorts.
00:00:20.032 --> 00:00:23.004
They were all rubbing shoulders
in the cafe and waiting room
00:00:23.044 --> 00:00:24.044
at that station.
00:00:26.056 --> 00:00:29.096
And the key place where all these
people met in Canfranc
00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.000
was the Hotel Moracco,
which belonged to Santiago's family.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
