Around 1940, despite now having a family my grandfather was taken along with many other German men to the interment camp on the Isle of Man. He was released in 1941/42 (we aren’t sure) and promptly joined the British Army.
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To this day we still are not entirely sure what he did in the war as some of his records are still redacted. He told various relatives snippets of stories that don't quite add up.
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.
But even just hearing fragments of stories makes me realise just how lucky I am to be here.
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”.
After talking about the horrors of her early life, she spent the rest of the time telling many many jokes (some decidedly blue!), laughing herself and making the entire crew laugh.
It was her way of surviving, but it gave myself and the rest of the crew a much needed boost and a feeling of hope.
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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”.
It was her way of surviving, but it gave myself and the rest of the crew a much needed boost and a feeling of hope.