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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews escaped the Nazis by using false papers; what happened when abortion became illegal overnight in 1960s Romania; the murder of campaigning Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa; the creation of British satire magazine Private Eye; and the love affair between writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
Photo: False Hungarian ID document (BBC)
Photo: False Hungarian ID document (BBC)
Released:
Oct 29, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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