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November 1939, Nazis destroy Jewish businesses, set synagogues alight and kill hundreds of people during the 鈥楴ight of Broken Glass鈥.

11 November 1918. The Great War is finally over. A new era is about to start. Amidst the grief, disappointment and old fears, new dreams and hopes are now emerging but so too are new hatreds.

鈥淐lash of Futures鈥 explores the dramatic era of the 1920s and 鈥30s following the fates of extraordinary men and women using their own diary entries, letters and memoirs. These are people drawn into the war by their convictions, who with their loves and decisions bring the history of Europe with all its contradictions to life.

November 1939, Nazis destroy Jewish businesses, set synagogues alight and kill hundreds of people during the 鈥楴ight of Broken Glass鈥. In March 1939, German troops occupy Czechoslovakia. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announces the end of the policy of appeasement. The German invasion of Poland commences on September 1, 1939. World War II begins.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

11 Samhain, 1918. Tha An Cogadh M貌r seachad mu dheireadh thall. Toiseach linn 霉r. Am measg caoidh, briseadh-d霉il agus seann eagail, tha bruadair is d貌chas a' nochdadh 脿s 霉r, ach tha agus fuathan 霉ra cuideachd.
Tha "Eadar Na Dh脿" a' toirt s霉il air na ficheadan 's na tritheadan, a' leantainn sgeulachdan fir is mnathan tro na leabhraichean-latha, litrichean is aithrisean aca fh猫in. Tharraing na beachdan aca an fheadhainn seo dhan chogadh agus tha sgeulachd nan co-dh霉naidhean is nan gr脿dhan aca a' toirt sealladh air eachdraidh thoinnte na h-E貌rpa.
Samhain 1939, tha N脿saich a' sgrios gn矛omhachasan I霉dhach, a' losgadh shionagogan agus a' murt nan ceudan ann an iomairt 鈥 Oidhche na Glainne Briste鈥. Sa Mh脿rt, 1939, tha feachdan na Gearmailt a' foir-ghlacadh an t-Seic-Sl貌bhac. Chuir Pr矛omh Mhinistear Bhreatainn, Neville Chamberlain stad air a' phoileasaidh ci霉ineachaidh. Air a' chiad latha dhen t-Sultain, 1939, tha an D脿rna Cogadh a' t貌iseachadh.

52 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 May 2024 23:05

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Narrator Tormod Macleod
Narrator Fiona Maclennan
Producer Ann Morrison
Executive Producer Ishbel Maclennan

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