Sunday 14 November 2010

Remembering the fallen

I watched a documentary on Remembrance Day about the Nazi Death Camps in Poland.

Nothing new in terms of the broad subject matter, but it seemed fitting somehow that this programme should be shown on that day.

However, the true relevance of how this fits in with what still goes on today and why it's still important to remember these things, was brought home to me by a film-maker who was interviewed on Radio 4's Front Row last Friday, the day Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, a Polish composer, died.

Here's the excerpt on Audioboo: http://bit.ly/bz50rP