Synopsis
Psychologist Bernie Graham finds out what happened to his grandparents in Frankfurt after the Kristallnacht attacks on the Jewish community.
- Programme: My Family, The Holocaust and Me
- Series: 1
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2020
- History | Germany, 1890-1945 | Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39 | The persecution of minorities
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