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Episode 6

Episode 6 of 10

Sean Bean presents a series exploring the ways in which wartime experiences have filtered down through the generations.

Stella Collis was born in London in 1947 but it wasn’t until 2009 that Stella learnt the full details about her father, Gottfried Rabe. Gottfried was a German prisoner of war who at the end of the war was interned at Wormwood Scrubs. In 1947, despite having fathered a child, he was repatriated back to Germany. Tragically Stella Collis passed away in 2018, however between 2009 and 2017 Stella recorded several interviews as she gained access to German military files and her father’s story began to unfold. These revelations completely transformed Gottfried’s legacy and Stella’s life. Stella’s daughter Juliet Weller helps to tell this remarkable story.

This programme is dedicated in the memory of Stella.

Produced by Kate Bissell

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14 minutes

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Mon 20 Nov 2023 13:45
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  • Mon 13 Jul 2020 09:30
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  • Sun 11 Oct 2020 14:45
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  • Mon 20 Nov 2023 13:45
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