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The History Hour: Surviving Auschwitz

Surviving Auschwitz

06/09/2014

BBC World Service - The History Hour, Surviving Auschwitz

A survivor remembers Auschwitz; publishing Dr Zhivago; Swinging London's favourite shop.

A survivor remembers Auschwitz; currency reform causes chaos in Myanmar; the publication of Dr Zhivago; Swinging London's favourite shop.

Auschwitz survivor Kitty Hart Moxon talks about her memories of the Nazi death camp. Also on the show, violent consequences as the Ahmadiya sect in Pakistan are declared non-Muslim, currency reform causes chaos in Myanmar, and the publication of Dr Zhivago. Plus a visit to Biba, Swinging London's favourite shop.

Photo: Family at the railway terminal of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, probably taken May-June 1944 (AFP/Getty Images)

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