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Lee Miller: Witness to the Holocaust (Part 2)

Lee Miller: Witness to the Holocaust (Part 2)21 sept1 h 08 min

How did Lee Miller find her way into Hitler's apartment on the day his death was announced? And did what she witness in the Nazi concentration camps change her forever? Join Alastair and James as they conclude the story of one of art history's most remarkable photographers - Lee Miller.

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Artworks in this episode:

Lee Miller, The Deputy Bürgermeister's daughter (Regina Lisso), 1945

Margaret Bourke-White, The Leipzig Suicides, 1945

Lee Miller, Fire Masks, London, England, 1941

Lee Miller, Non-conformist Chapel, 1940

Robert Capa, US troops assault Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings, 1944

Lee Miller, Bad Burns Case, 1944

Lee Miller, Beaten SS Prison Guard, 1945

Lee Miller, US soldiers examine a rail truck load of dead prisoners, 1945

Lee Miller, Dead SS Prison Guard Floating in Canal, 1945