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Yiddish Glory

The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC

Jan 27, 202344:35Society & Culture

During World War II, approximately 1.6 million Soviet, Polish and Romanian Jews survived the Holocaust by escaping to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia, avoiding imminent death in ghettos, firing squads and killing centres...

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Yiddish Glory is an episode from The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC. During World War II, approximately 1.6 million Soviet, Polish and Romanian Jews survived the Holocaust by escaping to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia, avoiding imminent death...

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Published Jan 27, 2023, 44:35 long, audio available.

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