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Saving the Forgotten Jews

History documentary. In the 1980s and 1990s a Manchester textiles merchant, a Mossad spy and a seasoned diplomat saved the forgotten Ethiopian Jewish community.

In the 1980s and 1990s a Manchester textiles merchant, a Mossad spy and a seasoned diplomat saved the forgotten Ethiopian Jewish community in two unprecedented and record-breaking airlifts. Flying out of Sudan and war-torn Ethiopia, they went undercover and negotiated with dictators to save the forgotten Jews in peril.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Jan 201600:45

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterTracy-Ann Oberman
Executive ProducerAaqil Ahmed
ProducerRichard Pearson
Production CoordinatorKieran Tench

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