Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
2023 memoir by Daniel Finkelstein / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival is a memoir by Daniel Finkelstein. It was first published in June 2023 in the United Kingdom by William Collins,[1] and as Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Doubleday in the United States in September 2023.[2] It is an account of his Jewish parents' persecution during the Second World War, how his mother survived Hitler's death camps and his father endured slave labour and starvation in Stalin's Siberian Gulag.
Author | Daniel Finkelstein |
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Cover artist | Emma Pidsley |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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Publisher | William Collins |
Publication date | 8 June 2023 |
Media type | print (hardback) |
Pages | 496 |
ISBN | 978-0-008483-84-5 |
Finkelstein is a British journalist and politician. He is a political columnist and former executive editor of The Times in London,[3] and was a member of the House of Lords in August 2013.[4]
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad was the 2023 winner of the British literary magazine, Slightly Foxed's "Best First Biography Prize",[5] and a finalist in the 2023 National Jewish Book Awards.[6] The memoir was selected by several publications as one of their best books of 2023, including the Financial Times,[7] The Spectator[8] and The Economist.[9]