Festival favourite Daniel Finkelstein joins Caroline Moorehead with Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad, his deeply moving, at times horrifying, bestselling memoir of the almost unimaginable bravery of two ordinary families.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad is Daniel Finkelstein’s deeply moving and at times horrifying family memoir.

His mother Mirjam, the youngest daughter of Alfred Wiener, was sent to starve in Bergen-Belsen. His father Ludwik was deported to Siberia as a slave labourer, surviving the freezing winters in a tiny house he built from cow dung. In conversation with biographer Caroline Moorehead, the Times columnist reflects on the consequences of totalitarianism and the almost unimaginable bravery of two ordinary families.

Buy a copy of Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad by Daniel Finkelstein from Blackwells.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval. 

About the speakers:

Daniel Finkelstein is a British journalist and opinion writer. A former executive editor of The Times, he continues to write for the paper. He has been Political Columnist of the Year four times and recently joined the board of Chelsea Football Club. He was appointed to the House of Lords in 2013.

Caroline Moorehead is a bestselling and prizewinner author, and the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo, Madame de la Tour du Pin and Martha Gellhorn. Her recent books – a quartet focussing on resistance to dictatorship, particularly in Italy – were shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Orwell Prize and the Costa Biography Award. She lives in London.