Today - Holocaust Documents released
WITNESSING THE HOLOCAUST | Personal accounts of a crime against humanity
Today | Holocaust Documents released
Documents reveal that Britain knew something of the Nazi slaughter of the Jews as early as 1941.
CHANNEL | Radio 4
FIRST BROADCAST | 20 May 1997
DURATION | 5 minutes 53 seconds
FIRSTBROADCAST
1997
Synopsis
Bletchley Park and the famous Enigma code-breaking machine were responsible for cracking some of Nazi Germany's most secret communications. However, deciphered radio messages revealing the onset of the Holocaust - the 'crime without a name', as Winston Churchill called it - could not be made public for fear that they would seriously compromise the effectiveness of Bletchley Park's vital work during World War II.
Did you know?
The Enigma machine in the picture was mysteriously returned to the BBC's Jeremy Paxman after being stolen from Bletchley Park during a public open day in March 2000.
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REPORTING ATROCITIES AGAINST THE JEWS IN FRANCE
Should more be reported on the atrocities in France?
MEMO ON REPORTING ATROCITIES IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
The BBC broadcasts more information on the atrocities in occupied Europe.
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BBC POLICY BOOK EXTRACT FROM 1943
BBC management considers ways of combating anti-Semitism.
NEWS DIRECTIVE ON REPORTING THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
The importance of disseminating news on the liberated concentration camps.
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