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The Railway People

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Over the course of 2015, Glasgow singer/songwriter Raymond Mead visited the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. He was so affected by what he saw there that he felt compelled to write poetry and music to express he feelings about the place and to mark those who died in the Holocaust.

This documentary follows Raymond on his journey to record this music and how he invited Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor to read his poem "How Could It Be" for the recording of one of the songs, "At The Top Of The Stairs".

Raymond travels to Krakow, where he meets Eva and records the poem on the Selection Platform in Auschwitz Birkenau. Eva shows Raymond the extermination camp explaining her motivation and philosophy on forgiveness and her mission to educate the younger generation about the atrocities that took place there in World War II. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Raymond Meade
Director:
Nick Low
Producer:
Nick Low
Camera Operator:
Struan Adam
Director:
Struan Adam

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