Angela Culme-Seymour, Kazimierz Smolen, Nigel Doughty, Don Cornelius, Antoni Tapies

Auschwitz survivor and museum director who has died aged 91

Kazimierz Smolen was the former inmate of the concentration camp at Auschwitz who became the Director of the museum that was set up at the camp. When the Nazis invaded, he joined the resistance, but was arrested and sent to the newly established work camp at Auschwitz. For thirty five years he lived at Auschwitz, leading the preservation of the site and developing an exhibition which attracts visitors from all over the world.

Matthew spoke to Professor David Cesarani, an expert on the history of the Holocaust and to his colleague at the Auschwitz Museum, Alicja Bia?ecka.
Born 19 April 1920 and died 27 January 2012.

Venture capitalist who has died aged 54

Nigel Doughty was the successful private equity investor who spent his wealth on the Labour Party and Nottingham Forest Football club. He was born in Newark on Trent, just outside Nottingham. His career began at Standard Chartered Bank, but by the end of the 1980s he had teamed up with Dick Hanson to start his own investment firm, Doughty Hanson.

Matthew spoke to Mark Florman who is the Chief Executive of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and to Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, who is the local MP and a keen supporter of Nottingham Forest.

Born 10 June 1957 and died 4 February 2012.

Catalan artist who has died aged 88

Antoni Tapies was a Catalan artist known for his use of unconventional materials. He worked in a diverse range of styles – making sculpture in terracotta and bronze, mixing paint with sand and dust to create dense wall-like pieces and even using an overturned hospital bed as part of a response to the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Matthew spoke to art historian Christopher Masters and to art dealer Leslie Waddington
Born 13 December 1923 and died 6 February 2012.