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In January 1944, Vasily Grossman, a non-practising Jew, entered the town of his birth, Berdichev in the Ukraine, to finally confirm that his mother had been murdered by the Nazis. It was the first time he’d been back there for a long time. Soon after the German invasion of Russia on 22 June 1941, he’d left his mother and other members of his family there because his wife, Olga Mikhailovna, had refused to let them move into their fl...
Everything has to start somewhere. This programme’s about the first day of the holocaust. Not the efficient extermination camps like Auschwitz. But men working hard days organising the digging of deep pits (just the right length), ammunition (you don’t want to run out half way through), organising Jews to the site and then shooting them all day long (you need plenty of Schnapps for the men) until there were none left. Standartenfüh...
The Tom Hanks movie, “Greyhound”, tells the dramatic story of a much older man, Commander Krause (played by Tom Hanks), but still a rookie as a naval commanding officer, taking his first command at sea. Like many in World War II Commander Krause came into the Navy from civilian life. In the movie he’s appointed as the commander of an American Fletcher Class destroyer. More than that he’s put in charge of three other naval escorts. ...
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