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Documentary giving voice to Holocaust survivors wins Bafta

The Last Survivors broadcast on BBC Two in January 2019

August 4, 2020 09:01
Manfred Goldberg, who features in the documentary, with a picture of his little brother Herman who perished in the Shoah
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The Last Survivors, a documentary that hears from Britain’s dwindling number of Holocaust survivors as they reflect on their wartime experiences, was awarded a Bafta on Saturday.

Nominated as best standalone documentary, the BBC Two programme, first broadcast in January 2019, follows a cast of characters on a personal journeys as they come to terms with the trauma of the Holocaust.

The documentary’s director, Arthur Carey, also scooped an award for the best director of a factual programme.

Mr Carey and survivor Maurice Blick, who was featured in the documentary, accepted the Bafta on behalf of the entire cast and crew.