1/6 The Gestapo had a list of nearly 3K people they would detain (read kill) if they’d invaded Britain #WWII. No. 125 in the 'Black Book' is my grandfather, Julio Metal #Polish#Jew who they mistakenly think is in #London.
5/6 Afterwards Julio’s son Ned, my dad, spends 3 months in Eagle Squadron of British @royalairforce & 150 hours of flight training, is drafted into the US Army then joins Office of Strategic Services #OSS.
Berlin Diary by William Shirer found on Julio’s bedside table at time of his suicide. Hidden in a steel suitcase when he left Berlin, Shirer’s diary covered the lethal rise of National Socialism from '34-'41.
He sends RM to #Jewish Youth Relief, writes affidavits for Dr. Ernst Lachs and family, Valerie Grossman, daughter and husband Edwin Rudich, helps family escape to Palestine, and here, this letter from Walter Friedenthal, who perished in #Holocaust .
Good sleuth + good timing led me to a photo album of Julio's buildings for sale. #Berlin Rastenburger Str, 11 Ecke Trakehner Str. circa 1930s? 🎤🎧 ep. 1 @ https://t.co/0plzxzTU2U
A box of docs sent me down a rabbit hole to answer nagging questions I’d had for a lifetime. 🙏 to @FFHistorians who magnified(!) the answers to the unanswerable questions posed by loss.
Music, mix, sound design=truly madly brilliant.👏🙏 Thank you to @gainstrucucture who from the first moment was all in on Julio's life and then Ned's. #worldhistory#familyhistory#podcast#holocaust
Over the last 4 years, I've worked with some incredibly talented and super nice people on a two-part podcast series that I'm super proud of. Sound design, music and mix by yours truly. Ep1: https://t.co/ZFaXrv8LLV