Jane Seymour's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? aired last night, looking into the English actress' Jewish roots.
This was a truly heartfelt episode as Jane traced her father's aunts through war-torn Poland and Paris. The strength shown by one of these aunts was truly incredible, but in the end the tragedy of the holocaust simply took away the life she had built for herself - a really sad moment.
So, this episode was very much a human story of people simply trying to survive in a time of war and attempted genocide. That anyone could perpetrate some of the senseless acts - such as the shooting of Mr Tesserman in Warsaw - detailed in this episode is truly difficult to comprehend; and its because of this that this dark period of history is so important to remember. There was also some good shining through the dark - Jane's relatives in Marseilles hadn't left France despite obtaining a visa to the United States because they were helping other Jewish refugees. The desperation of those Jews leaving France is all too evident - and shows the real heartbreak and difficulties that have faced refugees for centuries, even to this day.
An important episode then, as well as interesting one.
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