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The Difficult Conversation: The Real Nihal on Helen Bamber’s Mission to Bear Witness to History's Horrors

The Difficult Conversation: The Real Nihal on Helen Bamber’s Mission to Bear Witness to History's Horrors

Update: 2025-07-01
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How do you hear the testimony of someone who has been terrorised and tortured? How do you listen as a perpetrator defends their crimes? How can two peoples who have hated and killed each other throughout history learn to live in peace?

These are the questions unsung hero Helen Bamber asked herself when she travelled to Belsen at the end of WW2 and bore witness to untold stories when she engaged survivors in conversation. She would spend her whole life working with victims of genocide, torture and human trafficking and her questions are as vital today as they were 80 years ago as we try rebooting history.

Tune in for a riveting conversation as the broadcaster and author Nihal Arthanayake joins Oswin, Carla and MK for our season opener on why we need to have this conversation, why listening is as important as talking and why connection is our only hope for the future.

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The Difficult Conversation: The Real Nihal on Helen Bamber’s Mission to Bear Witness to History's Horrors

The Difficult Conversation: The Real Nihal on Helen Bamber’s Mission to Bear Witness to History's Horrors