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

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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