Daniel Finkelstein

Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/oQeUePfTrEQ The Royal Historical Society Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture. In April 1945, British forces liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and arrested its commandant, Josef Kramer. What followed was the first post-war trial for war crimes - a landmark event that captured the world’s attention. Although later eclipsed by the Nuremberg Trials, the Belsen Trial marked a pivotal moment in confronting Nazi atrocities and establishing a framework for justice after the Holocaust. For Lord Daniel Finkelstein, the story of Belsen is deeply personal. Among those imprisoned and starved in the camp were his mother and grandmother - his grandmother did not survive. In this lecture, Lord Finkelstein will recount the story of the Belsen Trial, exploring how it brought the horrors of the concentration camps to light and how it continues to shape his understanding of law, justice, and moral responsibility. This lecture was recorded by Lord Daniel Finkelstein on the 4th of November 2025 at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London. Daniel William Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein, OBE (born 30 August 1962) is a British journalist, author, political advisor and politician. He is a former executive editor of The Times, where he remains a weekly political columnist, and has been a regular columnist at The Jewish Chronicle since 2010. Finkelstein was formerly an advisor to Prime Minister John Major and leader of the Conservative Party William Hague. Since 2013 he has sat as a Conservative Peer of the House of Lords. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/minor-criminal Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/ Website: https://gresham.ac.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/greshamcollege Facebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollege Support the show

Daniel Finkelstein is an award-winning political commentator and journalist. He’s a Times columnist, and author of his 2023 memoir, Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad . Previously he was a politician and political advisor to John Major and William Hague. He was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2013. He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his book and his parents – his mother was sent to Bergen-Belsen, his father to a Siberian gulag – and shares his views on politics, Israel, multi-culturalism, the state of Britain and much, much more with openness and candour.

Joe Klein chats with an old friend, member of the House of Lords Daniel Finkelstein, about the complicated legacy of Brexit, the state of populism, and his new book Two Roads Home.

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#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on: https://booksreader.space/al-1949/ Title: Two Roads Home Author: Daniel Finkelstein Narrator: Daniel Finkelstein Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins Release date: 09-19-23 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 30 ratings Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Beloved British journalist Daniel Finkelstein tells the extraordinary story of the years before his mother met his father—years of war and trials they barely survived. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they knew Anne Frank. But in those years safety was an illusion: Anne Frank famously went into hiding and Daniel's mother, Mirjam, also still a child, was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family Author: Daniel Finkelstein Narrator: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An epic and uplifting World War II family history of resistance that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering under Hitler and Stalin, and the near-miraculous survival stories of the author's mother and father. “Moving and important.”—Robert Harris, author of Act of Oblivion In Two Roads Home beloved British journalist Daniel Finkelstein tells the extraordinary story of the years before his mother met his father—years of war and trials they barely survived. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they knew Anne Frank. But in those years safety was an illusion: Anne Frank famously went into hiding and Daniel's mother, Mirjam, also still a child, was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father, Dolu was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Dolu, was deported to Siberia and Ludwik and his mother were sentenced to forced labor in Kazakhstan, starved and housed in a stable in freezing conditions. Two Roads Home is a page-turning account of the narrow escapes, forged passports, ingenuity, bravery, and luck that allowed Mirjam and Ludwik to survive the war and find each other. Using their personal testimony, letters sent to Siberia, a diary written in Belsen, and years of historical research, Daniel Finkelstein tells what happened to two families, one the victim of the Nazis, the other of the Soviets. A tale of deliverance and triumph over evil, Two Roads Home will profoundly touch all who read it. * This audiobook edition ncludes a downloadable PDF of notes and a family tree from the book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/28349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Roads Home Author: Daniel Finkelstein Narrator: Daniel Finkelstein Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins Release date: 09-19-23 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 30 ratings Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Beloved British journalist Daniel Finkelstein tells the extraordinary story of the years before his mother met his father—years of war and trials they barely survived. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they knew Anne Frank. But in those years safety was an illusion: Anne Frank famously went into hiding and Daniel's mother, Mirjam, also still a child, was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters.

The Reaction Podcast is back. Host Iain Martin sits down with his friend and Times colleague Daniel Finkelstein to talk about his new book, Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival .

In our bonus Q&A episode, journalist and author Daniel Finkelstein answers questions about his research, writing processes and authors that he loves to read.

Journalist, author and political commentator, Daniel Finkelstein, joins Simon and Matt to discuss his brilliant new book; 'Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad' He talks about his fascinating family history, the stories he was told growing up, how he researched the book and what it means now it's finally out in the world. This is the book Daniel has always wanted to write and hopes one day it might even make it on to the screen. Here comes the science bit... From longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein, a powerful memoir exploring both his mother and his father's devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War. Danny's mother Mirjam Wiener was the youngest of three daughters born in Germany to Alfred and Margarete Wiener. Alfred, a decorated hero from the Great War, is now widely acknowledged to have been the first person to recognise the existential danger Hitler posed to the Jews and began, in 1933, to catalogue in detail Nazi crimes. After moving his family to Amsterdam, he relocated his library to London and was preparing to bring over his wife and children when Germany invaded Holland. Before long, the family was rounded up, robbed, humiliated, and sent to Bergen-Belsen. Danny's father Ludwik was born in Lwow, the only child of a prosperous Jewish family. In 1939, after Hitler and Stalin carved up Poland, the family was rounded up by the communists and sent to do hard labour in a Siberian gulag. Working as slave labourers on a collective farm, his father survived the freezing winters in a tiny house they built from cow dung. Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad is a deeply moving, personal and at times horrifying memoir about his parents' experiences at the hands of the two genocidal dictators of the 20th century. It is a story of persecution and survival; and the consequences of totalitarianism told with the almost unimaginable bravery of two ordinary families shining through.

This is a story of moderation, to use our history of oppression to resist fascism, anti-Jewish hate and uphold the rule of law and maintain hard-fought for liberties. Russia led by Stalin and Germany by Hitler were gruesome, murderous, evil regimes. Yet Soviet Russia’s crimes aren’t acknowledged in the same way as those perpetrated by the Germans and their accomplices across Europe. But they certainly are in this engaging chronicle of Lord Daniel Finkelstein’s own family history, “Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival”. Danny’s parents, like my own grandparents and great uncles and aunts resisted victimhood to rebuild their family lives here in England. I’m getting a taste for handing over the interview microphone because a previous interviewee now becomes the interviewer. In episode 113, Dr. Bea Lewkowicz was interviewed by Jonathan Freedland as she knew both young men who escaped Auschwitz and warned the world of the horrors going on within. These are new details so rich in our podcast that Jonathan updated his bestseller, The Escape Artist. Here Bea interviews Lord Danny Finkelstein about his book with a series of searching questions. Bea also knew both Danny’s parents and interviewed them for her AJR Refugee Voices Archive, where she’s director. Danny says his parents held Bea in high regard and like him, she is also the child of two Holocaust survivors. That lived-in knowledge, that shared experience makes Danny delve into his own family story deeper than anything you might’ve seen or heard about his book so far. Tell your friends and share my podcast with them. It’s in the Top 5% Most Shared Podcasts in the world, and for that I thank you so much. This is Bea Lewkowicz, director of AJR refugee voices, in conversation with Lord Daniel Finkelstein, author of Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival. Jonny Gould’s Jewish State is supported by Dangoor Education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Let's Talk, editor Jake Wallis Simons chats to author, journalist and Conservative peer Daniel Finkelstein on his new book: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. Daniel discusses his family's tragic story of survival in the face of unspeakable evil and the legacy it left on himself and his children as well as what he sees are the modern extremes that have echoes of the Shoah. Let's Talk is a biweekly podcast with host Jake Wallis Simons and guests from the world of the JC. Let's Talk is sponsored by The Athena Advisors - find out more about them at https://theathenaadvisors.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.