S19E3: Matt Lucas | Who Do You Think You Are?

Duration: 58'06''

Synopsis

Matt Lucas learns what his late grandmother went through as a Jew in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and what happened to the family she left behind. He also uncovers a connection to Anne Frank.

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