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WITNESSING THE HOLOCAUST | Personal accounts of a crime against humanity

About this collection

These programmes and documents chart the reactions and personal testimonies of some of those who witnessed the Nazis' "Final Solution".

Interviews, journals and documentaries starkly convey the realities of the camps. Survivors recount their experiences of the genocide and its continuing legacy.

This collection also illustrates the shock felt by the liberators and how the atrocities were revealed by UK broadcasters.

Witnessing The Holocaust Collection

 

A BBC Memo.

Reporting Atrocities Against the Jews in France

WRITTEN 1942
1 DOCUMENT

Should more be reported on the atrocities in France?

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A BBC Memo

Memo on Reporting Atrocities in Occupied Europe

WRITTEN 1942
1 DOCUMENT

The BBC broadcasts more information on the atrocities in occupied Europe.

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A Transcript of a BBC News Bulletin.

News Bulletin Transcript from 1942

WRITTEN 1942
1 DOCUMENT

Parliament's reaction to news of the Nazis' liquidation of the ghettos.

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A BBC Internal Policy Document.

BBC Policy Book Extract from 1943

WRITTEN 1943
1 DOCUMENT

BBC management considers ways of combating anti-Semitism.

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A BBC Internal Directive.

News Directive on Reporting the Concentration Camps

WRITTEN 1945
1 DOCUMENT

The importance of disseminating news on the liberated concentration camps.

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A BBC Internal Directive.

Morning Conference for the Day's News

WRITTEN 1945
1 DOCUMENT

News reports continue to emphasis the liberation of the concentration camps.

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Minutes from a BBC Polish Service Meeting

Minutes from a BBC Polish Service Meeting

WRITTEN 1945
1 DOCUMENT

Polish authorities thank the BBC for its support.

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A BBC Memo.

Memo from Patrick Gordon Walker About His Diary on Belsen

WRITTEN 1945
1 DOCUMENT

The submission of Patrick Gordon Walker's diary on Belsen.

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A Personal Diary

Patrick Gordon Walker's Belsen Report

WRITTEN 1945
1 DOCUMENT

A harrowing and moving account of the conditions in Belsen.

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