• The True Adventures of Gidon Lev

  • By: Julie Gray
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The True Adventures of Gidon Lev

By: Julie Gray
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  • Of the 15,000 children in the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt, fewer than 92 survived. Gidon Lev is one of those children. One part memoir, one part travelogue, and one part history that you thought you knew, The True Adventures of Lev is the quirky story of a Holocaust survivor and the writer who loved him.

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Episodes
  • Mother | 15

    Mother | 15
    May 5 2022
    When he finds the long-lost Holocaust testimony of his mother, Gidon spots inaccuracies. Whose memory is more reliable, those of Gidon or his mother? After a long life, can Gidon find forgiveness for Doris? With a buckle and a whoosh, Gidon sets off on the New Adventures of Gidon Lev. 

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    24 mins
  • The Like of This | 14

    The Like of This | 14
    May 5 2022
    A visit to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem reveals the true fate of Gidon's father, Ernst, and some unsettling statistics about the state of Holocaust education today. 

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    27 mins
  • Into the Dark | 13

    Into the Dark | 13
    May 5 2022
    Looking back at a long, adventurous life, Gidon reveals the subject of his deepest sorrow and most difficult challenge - cancer. 

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    18 mins
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