WDYTYA Series 4 #1 Natasha Kaplinsky

[downside]

I guess I should start a new topic as there are likely to be some comments following the program tonight at 9pm.

http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/entertainment/television/Who-Do-You-Think-You-Are-New-series.jsp

[DJFRENCH]

cheers Downside...i'd forgetten about that  ...

Debz

[liverpool lass]

Don't know if I will watch as she was on the radio today talking about the programme and gave most of it away!!

[avm228]

Well, I cried


Anna

[madpants]

me too

[kerryb]

Anna

So did I    Wise words from the lady from the museum in Belarus about personalising history though!

I thought at the beginning though that never mind collecting generations of names, far more exciting actually finding out about the lives of your ancestors even fathers.  How many of us know what our parents got up to when they were younger, really??

Kerry

[downside]

Don't know if I will watch as she was on the radio today talking about the programme and gave most of it away!!

I hope you did watch as it was very moving.

[Romilly]

I did watch, but thought it was a bit of a strange programme...

Whereas previous peeps have been completely amazed by what was uncovered, I didn't think that she was completely surprised...my guess is that she already knew about a lot of the WW2 attrocities involving her family etc...

The Apothecary part of her Mother's side sounded interesting, - perhaps that could have been investigated further?

Romilly.

[avm228]

I agree Natasha was not completely surprised - she must have known that the story would involve Nazi horrors.  Several of my Jewish friends know that much about their families but (perhaps mercifully) not the detail.  Still, I think she was genuinely moved by what she learned - who wouldn't be?

What really finished me off was the haunting singing of Benny Kaplinsky in the ruined synagogue - breathing life and prayer and music back into those 15th century walls after decades of silence.  Amazing.

Anna