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Thomas Keneally sets out to meet the Schindlerjuden, the Jews saved by Oskar Schindler. Read by James Laurenson.

Inspired by Polish-American Holocaust survivor Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg, Thomas Keneally sets out to meet other Schindlerjuden - Jews saved by Oskar Schindler – both Australian and American.

His findings became the basis for the Booker Prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark and the Oscar-winning film Schindler's List.

Abridged by Laurence Wareing.

Read by James Laurenson.

Producer: Gaynor MacFarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

15 minutes

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Wed 1 Oct 202503:30
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