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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: How Zimbabwe's Collapse Revealed My Father's Hidden Holocaust Past
Peter Godwin's memoir uncovers a shocking truth: his father, a perfect British gentleman in Africa, was actually a Polish Jew hiding from the Holocaust. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's violent land reform—driven by political revenge, not peasant need—turned a breadbasket into a basket case. Only 9% of citizens wanted land, yet Mugabe's 'crocodile' devoured the nation. This is a story of identity, betrayal, and the strange solidarity that emerges in ruins. Watch to see how personal secrets mirror national collapse.
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