Thomas Harding
@thomasharding
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Author: “Hanns and Rudolf”, “The House By The Lake”, “Legacy”, “White Debt”, "The Maverick", "The House On The Canal" ++ . Proud husband to @deboraharding
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@AuschwitzMuseum
Thank you to
@AuschwitzMuseum
for helping me with research. Your support means a huge amount to me. It was during a trip to the Memorial that I first learned that the kommandant's daughter Brigitte lived outside of Washington DC and set me on the road to this interview...
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“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated flees do it” … a wasp paying close attention to a Fly Orchid today in Hampshire
@ukorchids
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74 years ago today a German Jew (my great uncle Hanns Alexander)) captured the Kommandant of Auschwitz (Rudolf Hoess). The Kommandant provided key testimony at Nuremberg which changed how we remember the Holocaust.
#justice
#NeverForget
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Mum knew what was going on’: Brigitte Höss on living at Auschwitz, in the Zone of Interest family - my piece in today’s
@ObserverUK
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Final count Urbandale 2 (Des Moines)
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Delegates: 4, 3, 2, 2
@DougAZDEDC
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The magnificent Hella Pick died this morning. A truly extraordinary person: a Kindertransport refugee committed to reconciliation with Germany and Austria, a trailblazing journalist, an acclaimed author and a dear dear friend. ❤️❤️❤️
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@Dannythefink
@Delcred
My uncle Hanns Alexander arrived a few days after the liberation, he helped clear the camp, and then interrogated the SS officers (Kramer, Volkenrath, Grese) hearing for the first time from them about the selections and murders in Auschwitz.
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Chancellor Scholz visited the
@AlexanderHausGG
yesterday (“The House By The Lake”) He acknowledged his county’s past crimes, thanked my family for stepping in to save the house and said this was a project “worthy of support”. My grandmother would’ve been so moved
@HutchHeinemann
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@Delcred
@Dannythefink
Don't think he saw their deaths, but he interviewed them repeatedly. Then went to his boss, Major Genn, to say that he could be more useful if he tracked down some SS officers on the run. Which he did, and he captured Kommandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Hoess a few months later.
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First time pictures published of the daughter of Kommandant of Auschwitz. This is the same family featured in the film ZONE OF INTEREST. It took me 3 years to persuade her to speak with me. Sometimes it's worth the wait...
@BILD
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@Dannythefink
@Delcred
Here it is again. Uncle Hanns describes his arrest of Rudolf Hoess, the Kommandant of Auschwitz. His tone of voice is pure gold.
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Brilliant, fascinating, disturbing! What Donald Trump sees every time he opens Twitter
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A reminder of what can happen when politicians and media encourage prejudice and hate ... On this day in 1938 my family's synagogue on Fasanenstrasse in Berlin was burned to the ground.
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A quick shout out to
@SirGeoffPalmer
and
@kehinde_andrews
@JLewisStempel
@Sathnam
@philippesands
@MirandaKaufmann
@alittl
@NesrineMalik
and
@DavidLammy
for their early support for "WHITE DEBT": Much much appreciated! ❤️
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1/5 On this day, 16 April 1947, Rudolf Höss, the Kommandant of
#Auschwitz
camp was hanged after he was sentenced to death by in Warsaw, Poland.
@AuschwitzMuseum
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Big day today. After 6 years of enormous effort the
@AlexanderHausGG
is open to the public. Thank you to residents of Gross Glienicke, city of Potsdam, state of Brandenburg and all our supporters.
#historyispersonal
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With today’s announcement of brilliant Jack’s Law, here's my article from last weekend in case you had not seen it
@CruseCare
@jacks_rainbow
@AngelaLeadsomMP
@SandsUK
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This is happy making
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Totally incredible to be speaking on
@bbcarts
about "The House By The Lake" with illustrations by
@BTeckentrup
pub by
@BIGPictureBooks
Thank you
@nicolakidsbooks
@JackieMorrisArt
@smithsmm
@Dannythefink
@claremulley
@OliverKamm
& others for your support 😍
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Books just arrived from
@editorarocco
for The House By The Lake/ A CASA NO LAGO - beautiful !
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I am a beyond over-excited about "WHITE DEBT" being on
@BBCRadio4
. Dramatisation by the remarkable
@PatriciaCumper
. I do the contemporary strand. Episode
#1
on at 3pm Sunday 27th February
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Window display for LEGACY
@WaterstonesPicc
now finished. It’s STUNNING!
Thank you
@Waterstones
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Here's the hardback cover (front and back) for WHITE DEBT. Very handsome I think ! Brilliant job by designer Andrew Smith
@orionbooks
. Comes out 6 Jan 2022.
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Remembering the victims of WW2 at Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam this weekend
#may4
#ww2
#annefrank
#neverforget
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"Sommerhaus am See", the picture book of "The House By The Lake", has been chosen as one of seven best books of the month for young readers
#diebesten7
. This is a great honour. Thank you
@DLF
.
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Honestly, waiting for book reviews is nerve wracking. I have worked 4+ years on this book and my anxiety levels are high. Will I get any reviews? Will they be good? Will they focus on my mistakes? Can I write? So getting a “Book of the Day“ is a relief.
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For all those who could not read this article last week, the paywall is now down so you can read it
@theJeremyVine
@DeboraHarding
Incredible, what
@DeboraHarding
has come through. This is an amazing piece.
"I was kidnapped and raped at 14. Then 25 years on, I confronted my attacker"
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Please support your local bookshop. Book sales in run up to Christmas make up large proportion of annual sales.
As per the new government rules, bookshops in England will close for browsing from Thursday 5th November but many are still open for business.
Order your books via bookshop websites, email, telephone and social media.
#ChooseBookshops
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Thrilling to see WHITE DEBT on display. It has been quite a journey. Thank you
@Hatchards
for your continued support.
#whitedebt
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My article in today's
@Independent
"I met the family who lived next door to Auschwitz – the horrors of The Zone of Interest isn’t the full story"
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Really enjoyed being on
@BBCRadio4
Start The Week this morning chatting with
@KirstyWark
@JoannaBlythman
&
@Dishoom
about all things food, J Lyons, and LEGACY
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@AuschwitzMuseum
Done. I am a huge supporter of your work. And very grateful for all the help you gave me during the research for my book HANNS AND RUDOLF.
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Very excited. Just seen the cover for my new book which comes out Aug 29. About my Jewish family who arrived in GB in 1840s and went on to set up J Lyons (teashops, corners houses, Lyons Maid etc). Assimilation, anti-semitism, Empire, democratization of luxury and delicious food
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This week Florence installed Stumblestones for 27 people killed by the Nazis. Two were for Zaira and Ione Coen, Jewish sisters in their 60s, arrested on 15 Apr ‘44, killed days later in Auschwitz. In 2023 the 100,000th Stumblestone will be installed. They are now in 30+countries.
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My 87 year old father at the march today in London. against antisemitism. He has never been on a march before. “It was important that I came” he said.
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LEGACY published next month in paperback. Very exciting! 😍
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@DMRegister
@iowademocrats
Getting tighter. Was 1.3%, then 0.9%., now 0.7% between
@PeteButtigieg
and
@BernieSanders
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Am riveted by Legacy (not enough words for subtitle etc but all in pic) by
@thomasharding
- and yes, I admit that the family in question was my mother’s family, so I could be called parti pris, but this is just fascinating social history. The Lehman Trilogy of Catering!
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76 years ago today my uncle Hanns Alexnader tracked down and arrested Rudolf Hoess the Kommanfant of Auschwitz. Hoess gave evidence at Nuremberg and was hanged next to the crematorium in Auschwitz. Justice can be served. Justice will be served.
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Very sad to announce my cousin Roy Gluckstein died recently aged 91 of Covid 19. He was a huge help in my writing "LEGACY". He also built an archive for the artist 'Gluck' who was his aunt. Indeed it is partly thanks to Roy that people know about Gluck and her work.
#womensart
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Looking forward to hearing Episode 2 of "WHITE DEBT" (based on my book) today at 3pm on
@BBCRadio4
with the amazing
@MartinsImhangbe
playing Jack Gladstone
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My great uncle Hanns Alexander (a German Jew) was asked by the British Army to track down and arrest the Kommandant. Which he did on 11 March 1946. Here is a photo of Hanns from this time.
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Hanns Alexander a German Jew captured the Kommandant of Auschwitz on this day
#hannsandrudolf
#UncleHanns
11 March 1946 | Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss, SS-Obersturmbannführer, the first commandant of the
#Auschwitz
camp was captured by British troops of the War Crimes Investigation Team in Gottrupel near Flensburg.
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Honoured to share window display
@Dauntbooks
Belsize Park with these great authors
@Sathnam
@BernardineEvari
@chiggi
@lea_ypi
Colin Butfield and
@JonnieHughes
#whitedebt
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Olaf Scholz: the Alexander Haus is "important, significant and definitely worth supporting” 👇
Bundeskanzler Scholz besuchte gestern das Alexander-Haus: Das 1927 von der Berliner jüdischen Familie Alexander erbaute Sommerhaus im Ortsteil Groß Glienicke soll zu einer Begegnungsstätte für den interreligiös-weltanschaulichen Dialog werden.
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For anyone interested in the Demerara Uprising (200 year anniversary today) and its legacy here is the 2-part dramatization we produced for
@BBCRadio4
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My grandmother would have LOVED this. As a guide she took tourists around royal palaces in Britain. Now the royal family came to visit her small little home outside Berlin !
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I worked with
@johnpilger
in the early 1990s. He taught me that if you are going to look into areas people don’t want you to see, make sure you keep meticulous records. Thank you John.
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My grandmother (German Jewish) who was hugely grateful to the UK for taking her in as a refugee in 1935 would have loved seeing this on
@BBCWorld
❤️❤️❤️
#history
#RefugeesWelcome
@TheAJR_
"It was a witness to some of the most horrible things in the twentieth century"
Thomas Harding’s family were forced to flee their Berlin home when the Nazis came to power. 60 years later the author returned to the house by the lake with his grandmother
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Hot date with the wife
@DeboraHarding
here
@Dauntbooks
South End Green with our new books
#legacy
#dancingwiththeoctopus
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This is the entrance to the Jewish ghetto in Venice. More than 4,000 Jews were locked inside at night. It was the first ghetto in the world, started 1516, lasted for almost 300 years.
#MoV1936
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In tears. For 54 years I have watched Shylock (Jews) being abused in the Merchant of Venice. Not tonight. Not now. Thankyou
@TracyAnnO
and the incredibly brave cast
@watfordpalace
This show is not only brilliantly acted it’s revolutionary and very relevant for today. Bravo!!
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If you are in any way interested in journalism or the news media, read this article by my cousin James Harding, editor of
@tortoise
. It's brilliant. 👇
Sir Harold Evans redefined the possibilities of journalism and inspired a generation – including Tortoise's Editor, James Harding.
This week’s voicemail remembers a man who proved that integrity, openness and joy are what make the best journalists of all.
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After 6 years
@AlexanderHausGG
renovations are complete. Here are a couple of Before/ After pix - how amazing is that! Come see for yourself on Opening Day this Sunday 16 June
#reconciliation
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In case you missed it
@thesundaytimes
extract of my book BLOOD ON THE PAGE published by
@WmHeinemann
25th Jan 2018
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Brexit drove me to embrace my German roots
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“The House By The Lake”
@AlexanderHausGG
has been awarded the National Monument Prize in Germany. A huge honour! My grandmother would have smiled! 🇬🇧🇩🇪
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A few days ago
@Bundeskanzler
Olaf Scholz spoke outside the
@AlexanderHausGG
(the 'house by the lake'). I am deeply deeply moved by what he says about the house, my family and his thoughts on the future. As my grandmother said, this is indeed a 'soul place'.
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I am so excited THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE picture book is being published in September by
@WalkerBooksUK
. Here is a sneak peek of some images by the amazing
@BTeckentrup
. The book already getting positive attention (ie 'Book of the Week' in Germany).
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Standing With You
@TracyAnnO
This is the UK people. 2018. Time has come to stand up. If a female actor can be targeted like this for speaking out against racism and anti Semitism then you’re next. The Alt Left as sacnctiones by
@jeremycorbyn
is a dangerous place to be a woman and a minority. X
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@AbbieWightwick
@ObserverUK
It took me 3 years. I lost heart a few times but her testimony was too important. Eventually we agreed a time to talk, when I arrived at her house she turned me away saying she was too tired. I then showed her the rich chocolate cake I had brought and she let me in the door…
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Reposting this, my article in
@thetimes
about Hedwig Hoess, wife of the Kommandant of Auschwitz, in the days before we learn if ZONE OF INTEREST wins an Oscar...
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On 27 Jan 1945 the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated the remaining prisoners. 14 months later my Uncle Hanns tracked down and arrested the Kommandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hoess. His testimony changed the course of the Nuremberg Trials - - and history.
#HannsAndRudolf
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Sneak peek of US edition cover for THE MAVERICK - to be released Aug 2023
@Pegasus_Books
@simonschuster
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Dear
@childrensbkshop
a long long time ago I worked in your lovely shop. Now all these years later my own picture book for children is being published by
@WalkerBooksUK
. Thank you for all your inspiration, dreams and fairy dust. xx
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Here's a wonderful report by
@stangera
for
@bbcworldservice
about THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE and the picture book published by
@BIGPictureBooks
with illustrations by
@BTeckentrup
@AlexanderHausGG
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Why didn't she leave Auschwitz? My article on the Kommandant's wife:
http://t.co/huvaqFzk6H
@conville_walsh
@AuschwitzMuseum
@WmHeinemann
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Amazing table display at
@WaterstonesPicc
for “Legacy” thank you to Christopher and all the team! ☕️☕️☕️
@WmHeinemann
@WindmillBooks
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@JoeNBC
While you are there
@JoeNBC
, remember Hanns Alexander, my uncle and a German Jew, who tracked down and captured the kommandant of Auschwitz (Rudolf Hoess). Hoess's evidence in Nuremberg changed the course of the trial
#JewishHeroes
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Seymour and I are staying home to help flatten the curve. While you can’t visit your local bookstore to browse the shelves for a great new read, you can still
#SupportIndies
by shopping for books through
@Bookshop_Org
@Dauntbooks
@Waterstones
#ReadLocal
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Snow has melted and work has started on rear terrace of
@AlexanderHausGG
Very exciting!
#thehousebythelake
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It was truly wonderful meeting you
@GermanAmbUK
and discussing the
@AlexanderHausGG
and our future plans for education and reconciliation. It seems to me that now more than ever we need dialogue and to be open-hearted ❤️
Once home to a Jewish family who fled from the Nazis to the UK,
@AlexanderHausGG
on the outskirts of Berlin is being transformed into an education & reconciliation centre.
A moving story that teaches us how to learn from the past. Great discussing it with Angela &
@ThomasHarding
.
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I lent this picture of Lena Salmon (my grandfather's grandmother) to
@WaterstonesPicc
for their window display for LEGACY. It was Lena who in 1894 negotiated the contract for the original Lyons teashop on Piccadilly
#womeninhistory
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Berlin mayor to Donald Trump: 'Don't build this wall'
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Very cool. The lake house
@AlexanderHausGG
featured in THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE which was renovated thanks to 7+ years of reconciliation efforts has been awarded an architecture prize by the State of Brandenburg, Germany
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75 years ago today, Russian troops occupied the village of Groß Glienicke just before they entered Berlin. Here is the bullet hole in the wall of
@alexanderhausgg
following door-to-door fighting.
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My new picture book about the Anne Frank House for children illustrations by the amazing
@BTeckentrup
😍
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Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this brilliant article by Dominic Lawson in
@ST_Newsreview
about our shared family, J. Lyons and my book LEGACY.
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WOW! First review in for my book The Maverick: "Packed with fascinating accounts of book deals and debacles during the 'golden age of publishing.' [An] entertaining biography." —Michael Dirda,
@washingtonpost
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Was wonderful visiting your fabulous school
@osbastonciw
- so many great questions from both students and teachers!
#thehousebythelake
@BIGPictureBooks
Thank you
@thomasharding
&
@goetheinstitut
for an inspiring reading of your book 'The House by the Lake'. KS2 pupils & Y13 German students from
@LearnWithMCS
were captivated by the story & really enjoyed the question & answer session.
@EAS_IntLanguage
@mcsmfl
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