Recently we have begun to learn much more about my own family’s history.
My father’s parents were Jewish who were both born in Germany. In 1933 my grandfather was a newly qualified lawyer when he was told that as a Jew he would now not be allowed to practice in Berlin.
My father’s parents were Jewish who were both born in Germany. In 1933 my grandfather was a newly qualified lawyer when he was told that as a Jew he would now not be allowed to practice in Berlin.
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After a spell in other European countries, they arrived in the UK in Feb 1934.
However, we recently discovered that our grandmothers cousin was taken to the Sachsenhausen prison camp, but was allowed to leave on the grounds they leave Germany right away and they to settled in the UK.
Like many others of that generation, my grandparents never really spoke about that time, and over time the extended family drifted apart.
Over the years I have had the overwhelming privilege to film with many holocaust survivors, including the amazing Eva Kor for Channel 4’s “The Girl Who Forgave the Nazis”.