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Feb 22, 2019 · Bookmark. Actor Tom Hollander has revealed that a letter from the BBC saved his Czech father and grandfather from the Nazis. The Baptiste star, 51, said grandad Hans fled Prague by train with his ...
The family made it to the Hook of Holland, but there was one more hurdle to come. After finally arriving in England, at Harwich, Hans was interrogated for 10 hours. It was only K.A. Wright’s ...
Feb 23, 2019 · BBC's Baptiste star Tom Hollander reveals how a letter from a BBC radio sound engineer saved his Czech grandfather from the Nazis in 1939. Music critic Hans Hollander was invited to speak on the ...
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Feb 23, 2019 · Julia Hollander, her brother Tom and father Tony tell the story of a letter from the BBC, which saved their family, spawning a rich legacy of Czech music in the UK. March 1939.
Feb 23, 2019 · The Hollander family, who are of Jewish origin, had given up hope of escape and were expecting to lose their home, possessions and freedom. Tom, dad Tony, 83, and sister Julia speak about the life-saving letter on BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears, to be broadcast today. The document from the BBC's K.A. Wright, dated March 6, 1939, is read by Tom.
Feb 23, 2019 · The softly spoken French cop, a modern day Hercule Poirot, takes a break from his holiday to look for a man’s niece who has vanished. Baptiste, played by Tcheky Karyo, will be familiar to the ...
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Jul 12, 2021 · When Natalie Rose’s 15-year-old sister Cristina was kidnapped and sex trafficked, she and Edward hatched the robbery plan to get the money to buy her back. Except that Natalie disappeared with ...
