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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.

If you are stressed or depressed by the state of the world, this could be the podcast for you. Just me, reading stories, to help you relax, think back to your childhood, and -- if you like -- fall asleep. If you've heard me on the BBC, you could be in for a surprise.