History on Tuesdays：My Grandparents' War【歷史二三事 : 打仗的日子】

History on Tuesdays：My Grandparents' War【歷史二三事 : 打仗的日子】海倫娜祖父母打仗的日子My Grandparents' War - Helena Bonham Carter曾獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳女主角提名的海倫娜·寶咸·卡特，她的祖父母及外祖父母都分別在法國及英國生活。他們都沒有上過戰場，並非傳統的戰爭英雄，但他們在戰爭期間卻救了無數人的生命。海倫娜遠赴不同地方，拜訪認識外祖父愛德華多·普羅柏·德·卡耶康和祖母維奧莉·寶咸·卡特爵士夫人的人，了解他們昔日走過的路，追尋他們在二戰時的種種經歷。

愛德華多是個西班牙外交官，他違抗政府的命令，於納粹黨入侵法國時幫助猶太人逃離納粹的大屠殺，至於海倫娜的祖母維奧莉當時亦反對反猶太主義。身為四個孩子之母及自由民主派的政治家，她更主動成為民間防空隊隊員，以及爭取女性權益，較其他人都走得更前。

Both sets of Helena Bonham Carter’s grandparents, one in France, one in England, weren’t conventional war heroes. They didn’t fight in any battles but did save countless lives. Helena explores the story of her maternal grandfather Eduardo Propper de Callejón. A Spanish diplomat, Eduardo defied his government’s orders and helped Jewish people escape the Holocaust as the Nazi’s invaded France. Helena learns her paternal grandmother Lady Violet Bonham Carter took her own stand against anti-Semitism. A mother of four and liberal politician, Violet was also ahead of her times volunteering as an air raid warden and campaigning for women’s rights.姬絲汀爺爺打仗的日子 My Grandparents' War - Kristin Scott Thomas曾獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳女主角提名的姬絲汀．史葛．湯瑪士，她的祖父威廉在第二次世界大戰期間，曾任英國皇家海軍指揮官。

他曾經歷過不少最凶險的戰役，例如鄧寇克撤退和諾曼第登陸，但他從没向人提過自己的經歷。姬絲汀首次發現她的祖父是如何在鄧寇克拯救數千名士兵，並忍受北極護航運輸船隊的可怕旅程。隨著姬絲汀跟其祖父拯救過來的人的家屬，以及與他一同服役的二戰老兵見面後，除了為她帶來無限感觸之外，亦為她帶來了新的啟示。藉此旅程她重拾失落的家。

Kristin Scott Thomas’s grandfather William served as a Commanding officer in the Royal Navy throughout World War Two. He survived some of the most devastating battles from Dunkirk to D-Day but never spoke about his experiences. For the first time, Kristin uncovers how he saved thousands at Dunkirk and endured the horrors of the Russian Artic convoys.Kristin’s journey of discovery is packed with revelation and emotion as she meets the families of people her grandfather saved and veterans who served alongside him. Kristin unearths a lost chapter of her family history and reclaims a missing medal.嘉莉公公打仗的日子 My Grandparents' War - Carey Mulligan曾獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳女主角提名的嘉莉·慕萊根，她的外公丹素·布斯是一位在英國威爾斯山谷長大的年輕人。

在二戰最後幾個月，他與英國最大型的戰艦在海上航行了七千英里，出征到日本對抗日軍。嘉莉發現他在大學修讀的科目令他能在短時間內成為海軍初級軍官。丹素身處在戰艦上，受到神風突擊隊首次攻擊，失去了最好的朋友。嘉莉到了日本，從另一個角度了解神風突擊隊，當她了解到神風飛行員有多年輕，以及為外公抵達東京後所面對的一切，感到非常震驚。

Carey Mulligan’s grandfather Denzil Booth, a teenager from the Welsh Valleys, travelled thousands of miles to fight the Japanese in the final months of the war. Carey discovers his university education meant Denzil was fast-tracked to be a junior officer in the Navy.On board Britain’s biggest warship Denzil lost his closest friends, as it was the first ever to be attacked by a Japanese Kamikaze. Carey travels to Japan to understand the culture of the Kamikaze from the other side. She’s shocked by the age of the pilots and the horrors her grandfather faced when he arrived in Tokyo.馬克公公打仗的日子 My Grandparents' War - Mark Rylance榮獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳男配角獎的馬克·懷倫斯，是位一直致力推動和平的演員。

他將會追尋他外公奧斯蒙·史堅拿於二戰中有近四年時間，被日軍俘虜成為戰俘的故事。曾在香港上海匯豐銀行工作的奧斯蒙，當年加入了香港義勇防衛軍，被捲入殘酷的香港保衛戰。沒有受過軍事訓練的他，在聖誕節當日被子彈擊中，成為戰俘。在這感人的紀錄片中，當馬克·懷倫斯得知公公如何在香港被關進臭名遠播的戰俘營中，仍生存下來之後，對戰爭有了新的睇法。

Actor and peace campaigner, Mark Rylance explores the extraordinary World War Two story of his grandfather, Osmond Skinner, who spent almost four years as a Japanese Prisoner of War.Mark uncovers how Osmond, a banker for HSBC, bravely joined the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force and was thrown into a deadly battle to defend the island. With no military training, Osmond was shot on Christmas day and taken as a POW.In this moving and compelling film, Rylance’s views on war are tested as he uncovers the real and shocking story of how Osmond survived Hong Kong’s notorious POW camps.