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Monday, November 26, 2007

In hit Iranian TV drama, Holocaust no 'myth'

Zero Degree Turn: The World War II-era 30-episode story has drawn millions of Iranian viewers each week. It breaks taboos by showing Iranian diplomats helping European Jews flee the Holocaust at a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the Holocaust and spoken out against Israel.
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  • The World War II-era 30-episode story has drawn millions of Iranian viewers each week. It breaks taboos by showing Iranian diplomats helping European Jews flee the Holocaust at a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the Holocaust and spoken out against Israel.
  • Iranian director Hassan Fathi works on the set of "Zero Degree Turn," one of the most expensive and professional series produced for Iranian television.
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In hit Iranian TV drama, Holocaust no 'myth'

An Iranian student helps save his love – a French Jew – from the Nazis in World War II.

By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

from the November 27, 2007 edition

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1127/p01s06-wome.html?page=1

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