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British by Choice: 1: Cliff Michelmore meets the German Welsh

on BBC One London

Nearly 400,000 Germans were held in British prison camps during the war. An astonishing number - 20,000 - decided to stay on and make their homes in Britain. How were they accepted? What do they do now? Is a German accent still a barrier?
In this programme Cliff Michelmore talks to four of the 20,000 who stayed. All four live in mid-Wales. Heinz Pleva runs a pub. Karl Hillebrand, awarded two Iron Crosses for his services to Hitler, is a salesman. Franz Beernbrook and Max Tschackert are timber workers. With Heinz it's not his German accent that is difficult to understand, but his Welsh. He's known in Pontypool as Taffy

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Interviewee:
Heinz Pleva
Interviewee:
Karl Hillebrand
Interviewee:
Franz Beernbrook
Interviewee:
Max Tschackert
Producee:
John Morrell

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