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Season 5 Episode
- Season 3 David Suchet: The Mystery of Agatha Christie
- Season 3 Warwick Davis - The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
- Season 3 Sheila Hancock - The Brilliant Bronte Sisters
- Season 3 Michael Portillo on Picasso
- Season 3 Paul O’Grady: Gypsy Rose Lee - the Queen of Burlesque
- Season 3 Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain
- Season 3 Hugh Laurie - Copper Bottom Blues
Perspectives - Season 3 Episode 2 Warwick Davis - The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
0.00 60 minutes Actor Warwick Davis explores the miraculous survival story of the Ovitz family - ten Jewish brothers and sisters from Romania, seven of whom were born with dwarfism. Their musical group The Lilliput Troupe toured Eastern Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, managing to elude Nazi persecution of Jews until 1944 when they were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The family underwent horrific experiments but lived to see the liberation of Auschwitz, spending several months returning to their home on foot. Warwick heads to the small Transylvania village where the five sisters and two brothers were born, their incredible yet poignant story prompting him to reflect on his own experiences as a dwarf actor and entertainer.
