Face Down: the Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer - a story of unimaginable heartache and cruelty
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Much to disentangle in new film about IRA abduction and killing of German in Belfast
David Blake Knox, who first examined the kidnapping and murder of Thomas Niedermayer in a 2019 book, is keen to show how such outrages spread misery through generations
Face Down: A gripping, properly enraging account of the IRA’s murder of Thomas Niedermayer
Face Down is adroit in its weaving of the ongoing consequences of a ghastly story that began almost exactly 50 years ago
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