For nearly twenty years I’ve been writing books and making documentary films, focusing on the Nazis and the Second World War. In the course of my researches I’ve been able not just to study archival material, but to meet and film interviews with hundreds of people who participated in the conflict – including survivors of terrible atrocities and some of the perpetrators of a number of the worst crimes in history.

 

I’ve found the experience valuable not just in understanding the history of this most dramatic period, but also in gaining an insight into how human beings coped with the most testing times imaginable. My work has certainly altered how I look at the world today.  

 

Thanks for visiting this site, and I hope you find it useful.

 

Laurence Rees

 

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If you would like to see Laurence's talk but can't make an event, please see the below link taken from a sell-out 250 audience event at Coventry Cathedral