Tony's List: Saddam and The Students
Fascinating People, Fascinating Places
English - August 12, 2022 02:22 - 25 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 692 ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture history british history european history ancient rome african history british culture australia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As the Cold War was winding down, a group of 11 East European teenagers -- barely known to each other -- appeared on the playground at St. Mary's Roman Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford, a quiet town 30 miles from London. How would the town, and their new classmates react to their arrival? And why had they come? In this peculiar three-part story, I recount a tale of daredevil escape, a fake passport, war, the end of communism, and the remarkable story of these 11 people.
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