09 May 2024
Custaryans
This documentary tells three stories about Jewish properties stored during the Second World War, their Jewish owners and their non-Jewish custodians.
Confronting Holocaust Denial With David Baddiel
The Holocaust is one of the most documented, witnessed and written about events in history, so why is Holocaust denial back on the political agenda? What has happened in the 75 years since the liberation of the camps to have so skewed the picture? And, if it matters, why does it matter?
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