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Feb 22, 2019 · Actor Tom Hollander has revealed that a letter from the BBC saved his Czech father and grandfather from the Nazis. The Baptiste star, 51, said grandad Hans fled Prague by train with his wife and...
Feb 23, 2019 · Actor Tom Hollander has spoken of how a letter from the BBC inviting his music critic grandfather to appear on the network saved his family from the Nazis in 1939. The Hollander family, who are of...
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Surrounded by the Nazis. Julia and Tom's grandfather, and Tony’s father, was Hans Hollander, a music critic and lecturer. Hans lived with his wife Leni and the young Tony (only three years...
Feb 23, 2019 · ACTOR Tom Hollander has revealed that a letter from the BBC saved his Czech father and grandfather from the Nazis. The Baptiste star, 51, said grandad Hans fled Prague by train with his wife and three-year-old son on the day Hitler's forces invaded.
Personal life. Hollander's sister is director, writer and singer Julia Hollander. The siblings, and their father Tony Hollander, presented a BBC Radio 3 documentary in 2020, exploring the story of how Tony and his parents escaped from the imminent Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938.
Mar 8, 2024 · Opera director Julia Hollander, whose brother is acclaimed actor Tom Hollander, cancelled a talk to Jewish students because she did not wish to “interact with any Jewish community” during ...
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