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Drawing on material available only since the opening of archives
in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, WW II: Behind
Closed Doors re-examines the key decisions made by Stalin,
Churchill and Roosevelt during the war. As the truth about
Stalin’s earlier friendly relationship with the Nazis is laid
bare, a devastating and surprising picture of the Soviet leader
emerges.
Each episode consists of carefully researched dramatic
reconstructions of key encounters with Stalin, but the emotional
core of the series is the remarkable new testimony obtained from
nearly a hundred witnesses from the period. Former Soviet secret
policemen talk frankly for the first time about their repressive
work; American seamen reveal how they braved the Arctic convoys;
and Red Army veterans talk of how they killed Germans in
hand-to-hand fighting on the Eastern Front.
The series spotlights high politics—including the inside story
of the meeting of “The Big Three,” Roosevelt, Stalin and
Churchill—at Tehran and Yalta; Roosevelt’s illness and death
during the war; and subsequently, Harry Truman’s meeting with
Stalin and Churchill at Potsdam. Revealing for the first time on
television what went on “behind closed doors,” the series will
change the way viewers think of this most vital period of
history.
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For further information contact Janet McGrath,
(309) 495-0593 or janet.mcgrath@wtvp.org
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