Holocaust Memorial Day: the Welsh PoW held captive in the shadow of Auschwitz gas chambers

As the world prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Tuesday, World War II Welsh veteran Ron Jones tells Abbie Wightwick of his remarkable tale of how he was held prisoner in the shadow of the gas chambers - and why the world must never, ever forget Sifting through a 1940s chocolate box Ron Jones gently lifts a pile of love letters stored there. They are letters he wrote to his wife Gwladys from Auschwitz.

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