Peter Fraenkel left his broadcasting career in Africa and came to the UK. He pursued a successful career in the BBC World Service, where he became the Controller of European Services.

• List of illustrations – viPart I: Silesia – 11. Roots in the air – 32. But we were Germans – 153. We became Jews – 394. Exodus – 76Part II: Rhodesia – 1015. Where you die of hunger doesn’t make much of a difference, does it? – 1036. Encountering Dimitrov and Macbeth – 1307. Quit you like men – 1428. Red thug? – 1579. Becoming a bwana – 16310. Out of the saucepan – 17611. Vultures high and low – 20012. Vampire men – 21713. Searchlights in the dark – 23514. The watch on the Rhine – 238Index - 241

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