Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of Millions Ofjews began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My Guest Today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, Jonas Noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. Lets begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather who, of course, was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. So, why did you go so deep into his life . I kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story from my mother
Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of Millions Ofjews began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My Guest Today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, Jonas Noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. Lets begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather who, of course, was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 19117. So, why did you go so deep into his life . I kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Millions of readers All Over The World are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. Horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. Hes written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. He is the Master Manipulator Of Dark Places and the paranormal. If youre not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, Stand By Me All Films based on his stories. Hes been writing for half a century. How has our appetite for fear evolved . Stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Its nice to be here. I wish we could do it in person. Me too. But nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. And let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, All Over The World in florida, in the uk, All Over The World are living with, and that is covid 19. Has that invisible threat of the virus in any way dimmed your enthusiasm for Writing F
Three more people were shot dead in a separate incident in texas. Now on bbc news its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of Millions Ofjews began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My guest today is a silvia foti, an American Writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, Jonas Noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Hello, thank you. Was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. So, why did you go so deep into his life . I kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story from my mother on her deathbed. And i thought i was going to write about a hero when i started this. I had no idea about his dar
Its time for some hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of Millions Ofjews began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My guest today is silvia foti, an American Writer whose grandfather was lithuanian, a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, Jonas Noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So what happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. Lets begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather, who, of course, was a man you had never met, because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. So why did you go so deep into his life . Um. Its kind of. I sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story from my