This podcast is made possible by the kind contributions of listeners.

Through Patreon, supporters of the show make a small monthly donation, a dollar or two, it's up to you.

And these soon add up. My next goal on

Patreon is to hit $250 a month if you can achieve that I'll increase my hosting

package allowing me to upload more each month. We may get longer

podcasts certainly I won't have to worry about the length of each episode. So to

help me make the show better go to Patreon.com slash W.W2

podcast and become a patron. Not only will you be supporting the show but I

release a few extras that have been left

and the cutting room floor for supporters. That's patreon.com slash

W. W. W.2 podcast.

Hello and welcome, I'm Angus Wallace.

In this episode we're looking at the plight of those Jews fleeing Poland who

headed east into Russia after the German invasion in 1939.

It's a story that I wasn't at all familiar with.

I'm joined by Annette Leibeskin Berkowitz, Annette's father, Nachman, fled the Polish city of Wudge.

He had a long and incredible life.

She tells his story in the most remarkable book I think I've read in a long time in the unlikliest of places.

Thank you for joining me in net.

Your father is born in Poland.

How was Poland for a small Jewish boy growing up pre-war?

My father's family came from a rather small village called Shedbush, which is close to Central Poland. By the time my father was

...