Podcast traces novelist's quest to understand his ancestors' departure from Nazi Germany

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Podcast traces novelist's quest to understand his ancestors' departure from Nazi Germany

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A new podcast follows one novelist’s quest to uncover the truth behind his German-Jewish ancestors’ departure from Nazi Germany, and reveals disturbing secrets he unearths in the process.
BBC Radio 4’s Half-Life finds the Welsh writer Joe Dunthorne trekking from Germany — where…

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