Ich bin ein Berliner

November 17, 2018 8:53 AM

From All Things Considered, Uri Berliner tells the story of two families who risked everything to help his father escape the Nazis, and the story of the childhood token that reunited two branches of his family decades later.
posted by bq (4 comments total)

I'm struck by how much young Gert Berliner (in his Jewish identity card) looks like his father, Paul. And because I forgot to put the name of the family who hid Paul and Sophie in the main post, I will put it here: Mynarek.
posted by bq at 8:57 AM on November 17, 2018 [2 favorites]

Because most people who live today were born after the last war, they never realize how unsafe we are again
posted by growabrain at 10:47 AM on November 17, 2018 [5 favorites]

Incredibly moving
posted by soakimbo at 10:39 PM on November 17, 2018

This is a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it.
posted by storytam at 10:34 PM on November 18, 2018