Fritz Kleinmann's guest appearances

Fritz Kleinmann

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Sam Harris

Bill Gates

Marianne Williamson

Gerald Horne

Mark Blyth

Graham Elwood

Joseph Pierce

Stephen Miller

Max Blumenthal

Michael Hayden

Joseph Stalin

Marie Antoinette

Steve Mnuchin

John Kiriakou

Christopher Knight

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Jeremy Dronfield

To understand the inner works of Auschwitz, please check out our article: The Language of Evil. In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholster from Vienna, and his sixteen-year-old son Fritz were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Germany. Imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, they miraculously survived the Nazis’ murderous brutality.Then Gustav learned he was being sent to Auschwitz—and certain death.For Fritz, letting his father go was unthinkable. Desperate to remain together, Fritz made an incredible choice: he insisted he must go too. To the Nazis, one death camp was the same as another, and so the boy was allowed to follow.Throughout the six years of horror they witnessed and immeasurable suffering they endured as victims of the camps, one constant kept them alive: their love and hope for the future.Based on the secret diary that Gustav kept as well as meticulous archival research and interviews with members of the Kleinmann family, including Fritz’s younger brother Kurt, sent to the United States at age eleven  to escape the war, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz is Gustav and Fritz’s story—an extraordinary account of courage, loyalty, survival, and love that is unforgettableJeremy Dronfield is a biographer, historian, novelist and former archaeologist. Besides The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, his recent non-fiction titles include national bestseller Beyond the Call. He lives in England. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.historicly.net/subscribe

To understand the inner works of Auschwitz, please check out our article: <a href="https://historicly.substack.com/p/thefirstrule" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Language of Evil. </a>In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholster from Vienna, and his sixteen-year-old son Fritz were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Germany. Imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, they miraculously survived the Nazis’ murderous brutality.Then Gustav learned he was being sent to Auschwitz—and certain death.For Fritz, letting his father go was unthinkable. Desperate to remain together, Fritz made an incredible choice: he insisted he must go too. To the Nazis, one death camp was the same as another, and so the boy was allowed to follow.Throughout the six years of horror they witnessed and immeasurable suffering they endured as victims of the camps, one constant kept them alive: their love and hope for the future.Based on the secret diary that Gustav kept as well as meticulous archival research and interviews with members of the Kleinmann family, including Fritz’s younger brother Kurt, sent to the United States at age eleven  to escape the war, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz is Gustav and Fritz’s story—an extraordinary account of courage, loyalty, survival, and love that is unforgettableJeremy Dronfield is a biographer, historian, novelist and former archaeologist. Besides The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, his recent non-fiction titles include national bestseller Beyond the Call. He lives in England. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.historicly.net/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.historicly.net/subscribe</a>

The Heroic Deeds of Fritz Kleinmann with Jeremy Dronfield