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World Service,18 Mar 1998,30 mins

Is It Important To Be True to Your Roots?

Everywoman

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The daughter of a German Nazi who moved to Britain after the Second World War talks about how she concealed her identity to avoid persecution, and how she experienced Nazism as a strong moral code. Also on the programme: Why do women carry the burden of 'shame' in so many different cultures? Also, in the former Soviet Union, rural women have been hit hardest by the economic changes; how NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) are trying to help them. The topical diary comes a woman living in the shadow of Mount Etna.

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