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Witness to Auschwitz

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

With so few survivors of the Holocaust left to share their first-hand testimony, what is the right approach to those with accounts that can it be proved?

Ninety-three-year-old Denis Avey is a British hero of the Holocaust who helped save the life of an Auschwitz inmate. He wrote about this heroic act, verified by the man he saved, in a best-selling book. But its publication generated a heated debate. That's because Denis also claimed to have broken in to the Nazi concentration camp itself. Why would anyone do such a thing and was it even possible?

Witness to Auschwitz examines the controversy surrounding this latest Holocaust account and asks why is it so important to know the truth? Show less

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Ceri Aston
Executive Producer:
Ceri Aston

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