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Episode 05 May 2025

It was in 1945 when the BBC’s first war correspondent, Richard Dimbleby, found himself with British troops in Germany and witnessed the discovery of the notorious Nazi death camp Belsen. \n\nHis now-famous radio reports first told the world of the crimes against humanity that had been uncovered – reports that changed our understanding of the Second World War and the nature of the enemy the Allies had been fighting. \n\nIn the following years, Richard returned to the site of Belsen twice – first in 1959 and then again in 1965 to mark the anniversary of the war’s end. Both visits were filmed for BBC programmes, and here Richard’s son Jonathan – a writer and broadcaster himself – tells the story of Richard’s return trips, explaining why they were significant for him and the impact Belsen had on him and the rest of his career.

Source: BBC 4