In this episode, Tim and Louisa speak to Ilana Metzger, daughter of the late Henry Wermuth. Henry survived Płaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Nordhausen before being liberated at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
In 1942, Henry attempted the unimaginable — the assassination of Hitler. Henry tried to derail the train he knew Hitler would be travelling on, and so tried to change the course of history. Although his effort was unsuccessful, years later he was awarded with a resistance medal by the German government, in recognition for his act of bravery.
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