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Radio Scotland,30 May 2025,25 mins,

SeriesStolen Generations

4. Paper Children

The Cruelty
Contains strong language and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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Rosanne McPhee’s dad joked about volunteering to be measured by a Nazi racial scientist because he knew each time his head was measured he would receive a shilling. Davie discovers this was just a part of a wider Nazi Eugenic Policy, which lead to the murder of millions of Roma in the Nazi death and concentration camps.

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