From A Whisper To A Bang! -2- Walking A Mile In Harry’s Shoes
Release Date: 02/25/2019
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From a whisper to a bang!
Across land and sea, through two world wars, three generations, and umpteen conversations, Megan has been on an epic journey, listening and leaning in to significant conversations about remembrance, its importance and possibilities.
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From A Whisper To A Bang! -4- Remembering Well
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From A Whisper To A Bang! -2- Walking A Mile In Harry’s Shoes
From a whisper to a bang!
In Episode 02 Megan visits the crumbling, 75-year-old ruins of two of the four stalags her grandfather Corporal Harry Spencer, VX1113, Prisoner No. 91985, was held in, between 1941-1945, after being captured in Crete by the German Army in WW2.
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From a whisper to a bang! -1- Harry’s story, Megan’s pilgrimage
From a whisper to a bang!
Megan introduces the story of her grandfather, Corporal “Harry” Spencer. A prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War. Corporal Spencer’s story is the catalyst for interviews, conversations, and insights that help broaden our understanding of history, remembrance, and the human consequences of war.
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From a whisper to a bang!
From a whisper to a bang!
From a whisper to a bang! A six-part series about war, remembrance, an Australian POW during the Second World War, and an emotional journey of historical empathy, presented and produced by Megan Spencer for the Australian War Memorial.
info_outlineEpisode 02: “Walking A Mile In Harry’s Shoes”
In Episode 02 Megan visits the crumbling, 75-year-old ruins of two of the four stalags her grandfather Corporal Harry Spencer, VX1113, Prisoner No. 91985, was held in, between 1941-1945, after being captured in Crete by the German Army in WW2.
The first, Stalag VII-A, is in Moosburg in Germany’s south; the other, Stalag 357 near Fallingbostel, is in the north. They were two of Germany’s biggest POW camps during the war, each housing tens of thousands of prisoners from all over the world.
With the help of locals, family members, military historians and narration from Harry’s handwritten memoirs, Megan dives deeper into her grandfather’s POW experience, reimagining it ‘in situ’. It is a highly emotional trip – one that, as she finds out, is only just beginning…
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