Blackpool, Manchester and Hull have higher mortality rates than parts of Turkey, Slovakia and Romania, according to a think tank report which says "the UK is more regionally divided than any comparable advanced economy".
Out of one of the worst periods of human history comes an inspirational story of love, hope and survival'¦ a beacon of light amidst the dark ruins of the Holocaust.
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