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The Guilt of Others - Oppression's Evil Legacy - Part 2

November 8, 2014

Whenever dictatorships are overthrown, the same question always arises: should we draw a line under the past or try to come to terms with it? Be it during apartheid in South Africa or under Soviet-style socialism - tyrants always use the police and intelligence services to shore up their power.

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To mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this two-part documentary looks at the different ways successor regimes have dealt with the toxic legacy of dictatorship and their approaches to difficult questions of guilt, forgiveness and reconciliation.