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Playing a Dangerous Game: Django, Jazz and the Nazis

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When France fell to the Nazis in 1940 jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt stayed in Paris and continued to play music banned by the Nazis. Half a million Gypsies were taken away and killed, so how did Reinhardt, himself a Gypsy, survive? Miles Kington takes a fresh look at a jazz legend.

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Presenter:
Miles Kington
Producer:
Neil George
Source: Radio Times

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