Lisa Lipman talks to journalist and radio producer Jo Glanville about her BBC radio documentary Our House, in which she meets Berliners who have researched the history of the Jewish families who once lived in their homes. Their discoveries are an intimate and moving portrait of lives that were turned upside down and offer … Continue reading Our House: Stories of the Holocaust
This fifty-minute documentary film explores the Holocaust’s impact on the children of survivors, including recorded interviews. They share their families’ true stories and explore the complexities of having Holocaust survivors as parents. It is produced by Tracey Goldring who is founder of Searching for Identity, an organisation that works with second and third generation of … Continue reading TRACES – Voices of the Second Generation
The remarkable medieval moneylender, Licoricia of Winchester rose from obscure beginnings to become the personal banker to Henry III and the richest Jewish woman in 13th century England. Twice married, twice widowed and the mother of four sons, she was a self-made woman in a man-made world. But in an age of political turmoil and … Continue reading Licoricia of Winchester: an exception who proves the rule?
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