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World Service,09 Apr 2015,55 mins

My Nazi Grandfather Would Have Killed Me

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Jennifer Teege never knew her real family background. Her father was a Nigerian student in Germany and her mother was a German, but she was given up for adoption. Then, just seven years ago, she discovered by chance a memoir about her biological family. It revealed that her white grandfather - who she never knew - was Amon Goeth, a notorious Nazi commander who was executed for his war crimes and portrayed in the film Schindler's List by Ralph Fiennes. Khaled Al Saai, the Syrian calligrapher who fled into exile - his graphic art now reflects the destruction of his homeland Brian Robson, the man who nearly died trying to travel from Australia to Britain in a crate. (Photo: Jennifer Teege (left). Credit: Getty Images; Amon Goeth as a prisoner in 1945 (right)

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