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 hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of millions of dues began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My guest today is a sylvia, 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, he was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. She has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. What happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. I 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
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