The Camel Who Escaped the Nazis

Museum Secrets

Museum Secrets
The Camel Who Escaped the Nazis
Jan 04, 2021 Season 1 Episode 6
Ashmolean Museum / Lucie Dawkins

Podcast host Lucie Dawkins takes us to meet a Tang Dynasty Camel, who came to Oxford in the suitcase of a Jewish refugee Paul Jacobsthal.

Tang Dynasty Camel – View it here

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Producer and Presenter: Lucie Dawkins

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