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PBS American Experience – The Great Famine (2011)

18/08/2023 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

PBS American Experience – The Great Famine (2011)
English | Documentary | Size: 829 MB

The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. [Read more…]

RTE – The Hunger The Story of the Irish Famine (2020)

28/12/2020 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

RTE – The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (2020)
English | Size: 1.67 GB
Category: Documentary

In 1845, Europe was struck by a devastating famine. The crisis was triggered when a deadly fungus, having originated in South America and escaped in the holds of cargo ships, destroyed potato crops throughout northern Europe. As food grew scarce and prices soared, 100,000 poor people died of starvation and disease in France, Belgium, Holland, Scotland and the Kingdom of Prussia. [Read more…]