Other lives: English teacher and humanist who fought to ensure that non-religious views were reflected in the school curriculum
Book of the day
Badenheim 1939; Katerina; The Story of a Life by Aharon Appelfeld review – survivors’ tales full of beauty and pain
Memory and trauma go hand in hand in these two novels and a memoir by the late Israeli writer, who shows that hope can be worse than despair
The Audio Long Read
My family and other Nazis – podcast
My father did terrible things during the second world war, and my other relatives were equally unrepentant. But it wasn’t until I was in my late 50s that I started to confront this dark past. By Martin Pollack
July 2024
Three review – Yugoslavian trilogy of tales tracks the horrors of the second world war
The long read
My family and other Nazis
‘Every 14-year-old boy’s dream’: Cumbrian nuclear bunker goes to auction
Book of the day
Paris ’44: The Shame and the Glory by Patrick Bishop review – a gripping account of the City of Light’s liberation
Making sense of it
The inspirational selflessness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers lessons in healthy masculinity
Simon Smart
Sheffield war memorial caretaker hails ‘marvellous’ response after tools stolen
Mistruths we’re told about British history
The Commandant’s Shadow review – family of Auschwitz commander bring healing to death-camp survivor
The Fifth Seal review – a spiky political cabaret of cruelty and fear
June 2024
Germany is learning the lesson of history. Are we?
Other lives
Ken Souter obituary
Einstein letter warning FDR of threat of Nazi nuclear bomb set to fetch $4m
No perky cockneys? How Henry Moore’s sheltering souls puncture our blitz bravado
Holocaust survivors to use AI to ‘future-proof’ their stories for UK schools
TV review
We Were the Lucky Ones review – this Holocaust drama almost leaves the actors panting with exertion
Brief letters
Ein Wort für a fear of mentioning the war
Prisoners of war were given a warm welcome in Bletchley
