Historian Roger Moorhouse tells the remarkable story of the the Lados Group - Polish diplomats and Jewish activists working in Switzerland, who masterminded a passport forgery scheme which is thought to have saved as many as 3,000 Jews from the Holocaust.

It gave these individuals a chance to be interned and possibly exchanged for German prisoners of war, rather than being sent to death camps.

About the speaker:

Roger Moorhouse is a historian and author specialising in the Third Reich and Poland during World War Two.

He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London, the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Natolin.

A fluent German speaker, he is a specialist in modern German history and has written a number of books, including KILLING HITLER (2006), THE DEVILS' ALLIANCE (2014) and the critically acclaimed BERLIN AT WAR (2010). He has been published in over 20 languages and is chuffed to have graced the best-seller lists in Poland, Denmark and Estonia.

His latest book, First to Fight: The Polish War 1939 (“Polska 1939” in the Polish edition) is a study of Poland's defensive war.

An experienced broadcaster and public speaker, Roger is a regular on the lecturing and literary festival circuit, having spoken before such diverse audiences as Edinburgh International Book Festival and Princes Risborough U3A.

Kensington Central library is hosting a moving exhibition of the story of the Lados Group throughout April and May.

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