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When Robin Lustig's mother died in 2013, he found himself drawn back into the tangled history of his German-Jewish family -- a story of survival, exile, death and endurance. And the Cello Came Too is both a personal memoir and a family chronicle, spanning centuries of Jewish life in Europe, its near-destruction under the Nazis and its slow rebirth in the years after the Second World War.
At its heart is the award-winning journalist and broadcaster's father, Fritz Lustig, a refugee from Berlin whose cello accompanied him through upheaval, war and a new life in Britain. From Enlightenment rabbis and pioneering journalists to the 'Three Old Ladies' who helped to shape his childhood, Lustig pieces together a sweeping narrative from letters, memoirs, and memory.
This is a history not just of persecution but also of resilience and continuity -- of lives rebuilt, music played, and stories reclaimed. Moving, intimate, and meticulously researched, And the Cello Came Too shows how one family's journey can illuminate the universal struggle to survive, remember, and belong.
Contents
1. An end - and an introduction
2. The Lustigs in the 1930s
3. Introducing the Philippsons
4. A proposal of marriage in the mountains
5. The Cohns
6. Kristallnacht
7. Death in the camps
8. Emigration
9. A builder's apprentice
10. Wartime London
11. Deportation and death
12. A very ordinary Nazi mass murderer
13. From internment to enlistment
14. Susan joins up
15. Leaving the cello behind
16. From Berlin to New York
17. Those who escaped - and those who didn't
18. A T.S. Eliot connection
19. Meeting Colonel Thomas Kendrick
20. The Secret Listener
21. A marriage hits the rocks
22. Falling in love
23. Winnie the Pooh seals the deal
24. Life as a fighting button pusher
25. Back in Germany with the British Army
26. Another marriage hits the rocks
27. An untimely death
28. Settling down - and living long
29. The future beckons
30. A new life in the US
31. The best revenge
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