brother and his cossacks. alina peretti, now in her— brother and his cossacks. alina peretti, now in her 90s, - brother and his cossacks. alina peretti, now in her 90s, has. peretti, now in her 90s, has had the most remarkable life. but like many of her generation she was real —— reluctant to talk about her past. 50 she was real -- reluctant to talk about her past.- she was real -- reluctant to talk about her past. so that is uuite a talk about her past. so that is quite a rare — talk about her past. so that is quite a rare photo, _ talk about her past. so that is quite a rare photo, isn't- talk about her past. so that is quite a rare photo, isn't it, i quite a rare photo, isn't it, you and mum and...- quite a rare photo, isn't it, you and mum and... her son, jack, you and mum and... her son, jack. is _ you and mum and... her son, jack. is an _ you and mum and... her son, jack, is an investigative - jack, is an investigative reporter. tt jack, is an investigative reporter-— jack, is an investigative reorter. ., reporter. it was sort of the bi est reporter. it was sort of the biggest story _ reporter. it was sort of the biggest story i _ reporter. it was sort of the biggest story i had - reporter. it was sort of the biggest story i had ever i reporter. it was sort of the i biggest story i had ever come across and yet it was lying right in front of me they never bothered to investigate it. and then my mom was diagnosed with dementia and so we started, we started. just my phone out, pressed record, and started talking to my mum and it all just came flooding out. september 1939, and germany invades poland, the start of the second world war. in the chaos that followed, families became separated, long to all corners of europe and beyond. this is alina with her parents. her dad, michael, part of the