Learning From Genocide
This is Learning From Genocide, a series brought to you by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust in which we hear the testimonies of people directly affected by the Holocaust, Nazi persecution, and the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. We also hear why we must continue to honour the past in order to create a safer present and a better future. Over 7 episodes, you'll hear testimonies of extraordinary experiences in the face of appalling and deliberate atrocities. Some of those who survived genocide, against all odds, now use their voices to educate the world and to ensure that future generations never have to live through the horror of genocide. All episodes of Learning From Genocide will be available in January 2022. WARNING CONTAINS UPSETTING STORIES OF GENOCIDE AND VIOLENCE.
Episodes
Over 7 episodes, you'll hear tales of immense bravery in the face of evil, from those, who de...
In this episode, the role of the international community as the atrocities in Darfur unfolded is brought into sharp focus by Mukesh Kapila CBE, the head of the UN Mission in Sudan between 2003 and 2004.
He witnessed first-hand many of the atrocities in Darfur and alerted the world.
Mukesh talks passion...
Sokphal Din BEM was a boy of 17 when he and his family were forced from their home in April 1975. His dream of becoming a doctor was destroyed as he endured four years of hard labour and starvation under the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Sokphal talks in moving detail about what happened to him and his family.
Ramoni Sim was only 10 when she ...
He was never to return to his classmates. Instead, he was taken to the Nazi transit camp at Westerbork before being deported to Theresienstadt, north of Prague.
Against all odds, that little boy wou...
Today, it is critical that the brutal truth of the Holocaust and genocide is not dimmed.
In this episode, we hear from Rahima Mahmut, who talks movingly about the suffering and injustice faced by the Uyghur Muslims in China, including her own personal experience of persecution.
Rahima also talks about he...
She tells us the importance of sharing the experiences of Holocaust survivors with a wider audience. We are also joined by Dov Forman, the 18-year-old who co-wrote a book with his 98-year-old great grandmother Lily Ebert BEM, a survivor of Auschwitz.
Do...
In a powerful testimony, Una tells us how events before her birth changed her life forever.
Smajo Beso, on the other hand, was six years old whe...
Dr. Gilly Carr has worked tirelessly to highlight stories of Britons who lost their lives while resisting Nazi occupation.
In this episode, Dr. Carr talks about her battle to stop documents which detail these remarkable stories from being destroyed.
We also hear...
In this episode, Eric tells us how football quite literally saved his life when death was all around him.
Before we hear his extraordinary story, investigative journalist and author Linda Melville tells us how the genocide unfolded. Linda has dedicated much of her journali...
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