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Stephen Kapos: Was WW2 a war for democracy?

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Stephen Kapos
Date
7 May 2025
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At Counterfire’s Revolution! May Day Weekender, Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos recounts his experiences 80 years on from the end of the Second World War

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