Laurence Rees was born on 1957 and is an English historian.
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Laurence Rees is a BAFTA winning historical documentary filmmaker and a British Book Award winning author of several books about Adolf Hitler, the Nazis and the atrocities committed, especially by them, during the 20th century.
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Laurence Rees is the former Head of BBC TV History Programmes.
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Laurence Rees was educated at Solihull School and the University of Oxford.
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Laurence Rees joined BBC TV in 1978 as a research trainee and subsequently worked as a researcher and assistant producer in factual television between 1978 and 1983.
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Laurence Rees started specializing in history films that related to the Nazis and the Second World War with his controversial programme A British Betrayal in 1991, followed by Goebbels - Master of Propaganda in 1992.
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Laurence Rees was appointed Head of BBC History and Creative Director, BBC History.
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Laurence Rees writes history books and wrote books to accompany each of these series.
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Laurence Rees left the BBC in 2008 and created the multimedia educational Website WW2History.
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Laurence Rees was awarded an honorary doctorate for services to history by the University of Sheffield in 2005, and an honorary doctorate from the Open University for services to Arts and Sciences in 2011.
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Clive James, in Revolt of the Pendulum, said that Laurence Rees was "currently producing the best documentaries ever made about the Nazi era".