Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
First United Kingdom edition
AuthorDaniel Finkelstein
Cover artistEmma Pidsley
LanguageEnglish
Subject
Genres
PublisherWilliam Collins
Publication date
8 June 2023
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typeprint (hardback)
Pages496
ISBN978-0-008483-84-5

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival is a memoir by Daniel Finkelstein. It was first published in June 2023 in the United Kingdom by William Collins,[1] and as Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Doubleday in the United States in September 2023.[2] It is an account of his Jewish parents' persecution during the Second World War, how his mother survived Hitler's death camps and his father endured slave labour and starvation in Stalin's Siberian Gulag.

Finkelstein is a British journalist and politician. He is a political columnist and former executive editor of The Times in London,[3] and was a member of the House of Lords in August 2013.[4]

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad was the 2023 winner of the British literary magazine, Slightly Foxed's "Best First Biography Prize",[5] a finalist in the 2023 National Jewish Book Awards,[6] and was shortlisted for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.[7] The memoir was selected by several publications as one of their best books of 2023, including the Financial Times,[8] The Spectator[9] and The Economist.[10]

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