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#36: Rediscovering the past to shape the future – with special guest Jim Klein

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In this special, personal episode, we continue our conversation about history with a special guest and a special project in which Jonathan's father recently rediscovered the story of Kurt Klein and Gerda Weissmann Klein: two Jews who left Germany during and after World War II, married and became very well-known in the US due to Gerda's book "All but my life" – but remained almost unknown in Germany. In this episode, we speak with their son Jim Klein about how his father Kurt saved Oskar Schindler, lessons from his mother for politics today, and the meaning of re-establishing contact with a left-behind part of family history.

Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf

Links

Gerda Weissmann Klein: All But My Life

Project Website "Kurt Klein" (in German)

Gerda und Kurt, Graphic Novel (German)

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In this special, personal episode, we continue our conversation about history with a special guest and a special project in which Jonathan's father recently rediscovered the story of Kurt Klein and Gerda Weissmann Klein: two Jews who left Germany during and after World War II, married and became very well-known in the US due to Gerda's book "All but my life" – but remained almost unknown in Germany. In this episode, we speak with their son Jim Klein about how his father Kurt saved Oskar Schindler, lessons from his mother for politics today, and the meaning of re-establishing contact with a left-behind part of family history.

Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf

Links

Gerda Weissmann Klein: All But My Life

Project Website "Kurt Klein" (in German)

Gerda und Kurt, Graphic Novel (German)

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