Nazis and the Germans part 5

The Pianist

Based on Władysław Szpilman's memoirs of his experience in the Warsaw Ghetto, this duet for piano and voice charts one man's remarkable story of courage and survival. Read by actor Peter Guinness



In the UK during WWII it was forbidden to ring church
bells without official sanction. Their use was reserved
for announcing that German troops had landed. They were
to be rung when the codeword 'Cromwell' was received at
local defence stations.



Howard Triest was a German Jew who acted as a translator during their questioning.



Towards the end of the war in Germany in 1945 a couple of
GIs discovered the German Foreign Ministry's archive. They
just prevented some German soldiers from destroying the lot.

The files were moved to Marburg castle for safety. Summaries
were sent to London and Washington for review. Papers dealing
with the Duke of Windsor were discovered. A couple of months
after this discovery, Anthony Blunt (then working for KGVI's
wife), showed-up and filleted the archive of these items.