"I seek a kind person who will educte my intelligent boy, aged 11."
This extraordinary 1938 personal advertisement is the starting point for Julian Borger's quest to understand his father's past.
An enthralling memoir, family history and detective story all in one, Borger brings to life in vivid detail the Holocaust escape stories and traces the resonance of these events through generations.
Supported by ARA.
About the author:
Julian Borger
Julian Borger is The Guardian's World Affairs Editor, based in Washington. He covered the Balkan wars in the 1990s. He also served as The Guardian's Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem and its Washington Bureau Chief. Julian was part of the Guardian team that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism for its coverage of the Snowden files on mass surveillance. I Seek A Kind Person is his second book. His first, The Butcher's Trail, was published in 2016.
Hosted by Michaela Kalowski
Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Michelle de Kretser, Stan Grant and Etgar Keret. She's the curator of ABC RN's on-air writers festival, Big Weekend of Books. She hosts a monthly books conversation event for Petersham Bowling Club in Sydney. Michaela has conducted radio interviews for ABC RN's The Music Show, Big Ideas and The Bookshelf, ABC Classic and has presented programs across ABC radio.
