Portraits of the Holocaust

Best thing I’ve seen in a long time. Very well crafted programme and the portraits themselves were stunning.

I agree with everyone, it was a wonderful programme, as were all the portraits. I loved how they were all painted in such different styles. Kudos to Prince Charles for this.

Uplifting, I cried in places. The story of the little brother, when the man said no one else knows he existed, except the old portrait and now the older brother's portrait in his likeness.

It was very touching and the stories as harrowing as ever. Wonderful idea to commission the portraits for posterity.

It's on again tonight. BBC2 @ 23.50.

shysal

Shinamae

Where and when was it on please?

It was shown on BBC2 on Thursday Jan 27th , at 9pm.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013xhz/survivors-portraits-of-the-holocaust

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Shinamae

Where and when was it on please?

It was shown on BBC2 on Thursday Jan 27th , at 9pm.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013xhz/survivors-portraits-of-the-holocaust

Where and when was it on please?

wonderful gentle programme. Little by little, the stories emerged. I remember the awful scenes on tv from my childhood and we went to majdanek concentration camp in 1963, when I was 15. It affected all of us, me and my younger six siblings and my aunt uncle and our parents. No birds sang in there, none, from the very beginning of the railway tracks. A very heavy atmosphere and terrible sadness

Didn't see the programme but have seen the portraits and read their stories, heartbreaking but inspiring to learn the horrors they overcame and now spend what time they have left ensuring others don't forget. Hard to understand that there are still those who state this evil never happened!

It was truly humbling. When you hear what some of these old people endured it is difficult to comprehend. I have visited Auschwitz and Dachau and I believe these places need to maintained forever so that future generations can see and learn from them.
The portraits were wonderful.

I agree it was wonderful. I spent most of it in tears. I later had to cheer myself up by watching Would I Lie to You.

Yes I agree. A lovely program of a wnderful idea.

Absolutely agree.

Yes - wonderful programme

Yes. It was wonderful.