For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust

← For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust14 nov 2024 · 34 min

The Lost letter

The Lost letter14 nov 202434 min

In this episode, a lost letter tells the extraordinary story of Tommy Benford Junior, a baby boy born in Paris in 1939 and saved by the incredible bravery of a Dutch woman called Truus Wijsmuller.  To look at, the letter is simple, and formally written, but it contains a father's desperate plea to save his son.  Tommy Benford Junior was born in Paris in 1939. His father was an accomplished American jazz drummer, and his mother, Sophia Mezzaro, was a dancer, singer and pianist from Vien...