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Back to EpisodesThe Fake IDs That Saved Jewish Lives
Published 8 years, 2 months ago
Description
How tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews escaped the Nazis by using false papers; what happened when abortion became illegal overnight in 1960s Romania; the murder of campaigning Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa; the creation of British satire magazine Private Eye; and the love affair between writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
Photo: False Hungarian ID document (BBC)