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Lord Weidenfeld, Chairman, Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Stephen Sackur speaks to the British peer Lord Weidenfeld. Having escaped from Austria just before World War II he went on to become one of Britain's best known publishers.

Stephen Sackur speaks to the British peer Lord Weidenfeld who has made his home in London for the past eight decades. He escaped from Austria just before World War II and went on to become one of Britain's best known publishers. Now 96 years old, his life says much about the modern history of Britain, Europe and the Jewish people. But as he reflects, is he filled with hope or something darker?

30 minutes

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest George Weidenfeld

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