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Man Alive: The Man Who Started the War

on BBC Two England

On August 31, 1939, Alfred Naujocks received a telephone call from Nazi Secret Service headquarters. The message 'Grandmother Dead' triggered off an incident on the Polish border which was to change the face of Europe.
After twenty-six years of silence, Naujocks gives his version of the part he played in this event which started World War II.

Contributors

Writer:
Gordon Thomas
Subject:
Alfred Naujocks
Producer:
Jeremy James
Editor:
Christopher Brasher

BBC Two England

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