Kurt Sanderling obituary letter

Peter Crome writes: When my mother, Helen, was on the run from the Gestapo in prewar Berlin, she stayed with the family of Kurt Sanderling (obituary, 19 September) for the night. Sanderling, returning from his commitments as a choir master, was surprised to find Helen in his bed. The next morning, he gave Helen the last of his spare change to help her on her flight to Prague. The episode was recounted by my father, Len, in his book Unbroken: Resistance and Survival in the Concentration Camps. He...

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