Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: Daniel Finkelstein on his family’s miraculous survival

It’s a story of covert archives and freezing wastelands, of concentration camps and gulags. In a new book, Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein reveals how his family took a journey that ended happily in Hendon – but took a detour through hell.

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Guest: Daniel Finkelstein, Times columnist and author of Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival: https://timesbookshop.co.uk/hitler-stalin-mum-and-dad-9780008483845 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC Radio 4, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.


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