Robin Lustig – And the Cello Came Too

Broadcaster Robin Lustig talks about his memoir And the Cello Came Too, chronicling his family's Jewish history and his father Fritz's journey from Berlin to Britain.

Robin Lustig discusses And the Cello Came Too, a memoir and family chronicle spanning centuries of Jewish life in Europe, its near-destruction under the Nazis and its rebirth after the Second World War. At its centre is his father Fritz Lustig, a refugee from Berlin whose cello accompanied him through upheaval, war and a new life in Britain. The evening explores themes of persecution, resilience, continuity and belonging.