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Following on from the story of Heinz Thannhauser, David Roberts uncovers the stories of two more German Jewish refugee pupils who attended Buxton College in the 1930s and later emigrated to the United States

David Roberts puts together the story of Heinz Thannhauser , a German-Jewish refugee who attended Buxton College in the 1930s, went to Harvard and died with the American Air Force in Italy in 1944

On Remembrance Day , David Roberts tries to find out more about the story of Ugandan Soldier Besueri Sebaiga

On Remembrance Day, David Roberts looks at the sacrifices made by the Old Boys of Holm Leigh Preparatory School in Buxton

David Roberts delves into the War Office records to tell the story of the killing of Private J E Law at Camp PG106 Vercelli

David Roberts revisits some scenes from O Level history on the Ligurian Riviera

David Roberts visits the location of workcamps of Campo PG106 in the rice fields of Vercelli and digresses on the history of Italian Rice Cultivation

The story of James McCracken VX45756 and Corporals Fred Miller and William Brown escaped Allied POWs murdered in Varallo , Italy 15 April 1944

The search for five Australian POWs killed in Italy on 8 May 1944