Of thousands of people and was hanged in 1946, very close to the concentration camp. Brian let me go back to that chart and show your grandmother. Ruth irene kalder. Jennifer my grandmother was a woman who worked for him. She was smitten by my biological grandfather from the very beginning and they lived together, even after the war. My grandmother, she still loves him very much. She took his name, although they have not been married. She was more, i would say, she was sort of his wife. Host you mentioned plaszow, what is that . Jennifer it is a concentration camp run by my grandfather, and my grandmother and grandfather stayed there for a period of, i think, several years, together. Brian back to the chart, right below that is woman whose name is monika hertwig. Who is she . Jennifer monika is my biological mother. That is the name she took when she was married, but she was born as monika goeth. She is the daughter of them. Brian did you know her . Jennifer yes. She was my biological
We have probably one of the best authorities on world war ii talk to us. Antony beevor was educated in winchester and studied under john kegan. He was in the military but after five years he left the army to begin writing about soldiers and war. He has published four novels, 11 books of nonfiction. His works have appeared in more than 30 Foreign Language and sold more than six and a half million copies. He has been called the bestselling historian of the era. His book on the battle of normandy receiveded the westminster medal. You look at his books on world war ii whatever it is all of them garner awards because of the word he did. His latest book was published in may and went straight to number one in the sunday times bestseller list and stayed there for five weeks. He is former chairman of the society of authors. He received an honorary doctorate. He is a visiting professor at the university of kent. Please join me in welcoming Antony Beevor. Thank you. After the liberation of paris
Political speeches. Thats what congress had in the reform effort years and years ago, but at the same time the one thing thats clear is that no Government Entity is allowed to make decisions about employment or anything like that based on the politics or the political views or the social views of their employees. I mean, thats analogous to the controversy that now raises about the Internal Revenue service. The Internal Revenue service has a lot of power and a lot of authority, but theres no argument, you cant even make an argument that they are allowed to take into account the political views of the taxpayers. Thats just off the table, and it is indefensible. And so, when something comes up of that sort, it is a scandal. But if it came up in the of the context that you raised first, its just part of life in america. Ladies and gentlemen, on that note, floyd has kindly agreed to sign his book. Again, critics have given it an incredible review, and its just a breathtaking book. Ive read
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