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The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival

The story of the Oyneg Shabes archive. Between 1940 and 1943 a group of dedicated writers secretly recorded daily Jewish existence in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Radio 4,12 episodes

Episodes

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Omnibus: Episodes 6-10
The story of a unique wartime archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto and its recovery.
05 May 2023,57 mins
10. Out of the Ruins
An extraordinary secret wartime archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
05 May 2023,14 mins
9. Krysia'
The story of the extraordinary underground archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.
04 May 2023,14 mins
8. Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto rose up 80 years ago. An extraordinary archive tells its story.
03 May 2023,14 mins
7. The Umschlagplatz
An extraordinary underground archive reveals life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
02 May 2023,14 mins
6. Faith & Culture
An extraordinary secret wartime archive shows life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
01 May 2023,14 mins
Omnibus: Episodes 1-5
The archives of Oyneg Shabes tell of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
28 Apr 2023,57 mins
5. Monograph of a People's Kitchen
An extraordinary archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
28 Apr 2023,14 mins
4. The Jewish Postman
An extraordinary secret archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
27 Apr 2023,14 mins
3. Smuggling - Peretz Opoczynski
Revealed - the secret archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
26 Apr 2023,14 mins
2. The Coming of the Ghetto
An extraordinary secret archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
25 Apr 2023,14 mins
1. Oyneg Shabes
An extraordinary secret archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto revealed.
24 Apr 2023,14 mins