Surviving the "Auschwitz of the Balkans"
Persecution of Serbs during WW2, the fate of Falun Gong in China, the failure of Camp David negotiations, the French doctor who pioneered water births, and the death of Eva Peron.
During World War Two, Croatian fascists tortured and killed tens of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma people in the Jasenovac concentration camp. We hear from a survivor. Also, the fate of Falun Gong in China, from a point of view of a practitioner. Plus, the failure of Camp David negotiations, the French doctor who pioneered water births, and the life and death of the legendary Eva Peron.
Photo: A Serb survivor of WW2 persecutions, Melenko Cekic, talking to the BBC in 2017; copyright: BBC.
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