Living Through the Dresden Firebombing with Victor Gregg

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🗓️ 13 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Victor Gregg is a veteran of World War Two and the Dresden Bombings, and travelled with Dan to visit Dresden a couple of years ago for a documentary. In this episode, taken from our archive, Victor talks about what it was like to be in Dresden during the bombings, and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) he suffered as a result of his wartime experiences.

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0:39.1	Once a week we go back into our archives and dig out an episode that those of you who've
0:44.0	recently joined us might not have heard.
0:46.9	And this week it's my great pleasure to bring you the one and only Victor Greg.
0:51.1	He comes on this podcast a fair bit.
0:52.9	He is now into his third century on Planet Earth, we had a special podcast a year and a
0:57.9	half ago to celebrate his 100th birthday.
1:01.0	I'm pleased to say that he's turned good healthy, has survived COVID in his current shelter
1:06.4	to accommodation and I'm looking forward to getting checking out with him when we're
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