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Wick High School Pupils Visit Auschwitz

Recorded 9 years ago
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Tom Allan talks about the school exchange visits he arranged while teaching history at Wick High School. In particular he talks about the exchange visits to Krakow. He talks of the respect shown by WHS pupils when they visited Auschwitz.

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