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Hope and Refuge

To mark International Holocaust Memorial Day, Pam Rhodes explores stories of when hope and refuge were offered by Christians to Jews fleeing the Nazis during the Second World War.

Pam Rhodes marks International Holocaust Memorial Day and explores stories of when hope and refuge were offered by Christians to Jews fleeing the Nazis in one of the darkest chapters of human history.

At the Wiener Holocaust Library in London, one of the world’s leading archives on the subject, Pam hears about the Dutch Christians who saved many Jewish families by building a hiding place in their home.

Yvonne Bernstein, a former volunteer at the library, remembers the courage and comfort she found while being sheltered in a French convent as a young Jewish girl.

And in Porth, south Wales, Pam meets 90-year-old Renate Collins, who escaped Prague on the last Kindertransport and found a place of safety in the home of a Baptist minister.

With hymns and songs offering a chance to reflect, remember and hope.

1. The Lord's My Shepherd - The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
2. Brother Sister Let Me Serve You - St Pol de Leon, Penzance
3. O Brother Man - Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
4. Hallelujah - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Temple of Peace, Cardiff
5. When I Needed a Neighbour - Christ Church, Port Sunlight
6. I to the Hills Will Lift Mine Eyes - Glasgow Cathedral
7. Lord of All Hopefulness - Winchester Cathedral

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33 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Pam Rhodes
Producer Charlie Oulton
Executive Producer Matthew Napier
Executive Producer Andrew O'Connell
Series Producer David Waters
Production Company CTVC

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