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An Interview With Pablo Casals And A Picture Of Postwar Europe – July 18, 1945 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

– BBC World Service – London Column – July 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the war continued in the Pacific, only weeks away from its final end, Europe was slowly putting the shattered pieces back together,…

Holocaust Remembrance: The Burning Of A Nightmare – Demolition Of Belsen – May 21, 1945 –

BBC World Service – London Column – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the War in Europe ended, the horrors and atrocities of that war were coming to the surface in grim and graphic detail. Some…

August 1, 1945 – The Slow Road Home – Picturing Civilian Life.

London Column – August 1, 1945 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here we are – first day of August. In 1945, August marked the end of World War 2. In 1965, it also marked one…

June 21, 1945 – Summer In Post-War London – Picking Up Pieces – Eyeing The Road Ahead

BBC World Service: London Column – June 21, 1945 While the war in the Pacific was heading into its final stages, the slow task of rebuilding Europe was only beginning. The painstaking dismantling of the vestiges of War were underway,…

London - September 19, 1939

September 19, 1939 – War In Europe: Day 17. Attacks, Advances, Denials.

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