Nazis and the Germans part 4

4 x plays


In 1943, the secret recording of captive German officers imprisoned in Trent Park in North London., provided invaluable information to the allied war effort, but placed an intolerable burden on the mostly Jewish 'listeners', German Jews, forced to flee the Nazis, who transcribed details they often couldn't bear to hear.



BBC Radio 4 - Allan Prior's 'Fuhrer'
Adapted by Allan Prior
Technical Presentation by Wilfredo Acosta, Tim Sturgeon, Keith Graham
Directed by Martin Jenkins
Fuhrer, Part 1, Adolf - Broadcast April 29, 1995
Fuhrer, Part 2, Hitler - Broadcast May 1, 1995



A drama documentary of the post WWII trial at Nuremberg*
of many of the leaders of the Nazi war & extermination
machines. Important parts of the trial are acted and
intercut with eye witness accounts and commentary.




Life and Fate: Fortress Stalingrad
By Vasily Grossman
As the Russian tanks encircle Stalingrad, the commanders of the German 6th Army realise that the end is in sight but Hitler will not permit a surrender. Spiridonov abandons the power station to join his daughter, Vera, and her new baby on a barge frozen into the Volga. As the citizens of Stalingrad start to reclaim their wrecked city, the family begin to make plans for the future.