#LXAcademy
In 1984, Claire Bertschinger was a field nurse in Mekele, Northern Ethiopia. In charge of distributing the limited food rations at her disposal, she was forced to choose the children and adults with the best chance of survival. In her own words, she said “I felt like a Nazi commandant, deciding who would live and who would die”. When Michael Buerk approached with a camera crew and questions.
In this session, Claire outlined the scale of the tragedy taking place each day. Claire went on to meet Bob Geldof, and then Richard Curtis – scriptwriter and co-founder of Comic Relief. With reference to Claire, Curtis claimed ‘This is the girl who started it all’.
This is the highlights from our #LXAcademy 2019 session with Claire Bertschinger.