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Laja's Way Home part 1

Laja's Way Home part 1

ABC Rewind vor 1 Jahr

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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

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In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration
camp from Wennigsen, Germany. Her non-Jewish husband Adolf
chose slave labour rather than abandon her. They both
survived. In 2022, the village of Wennigsen invited their
Australian family back to commemorate Laya and Adolf’s bravery.
Told by their great-grandchildren, Laya and Adolf’s story is
testament to the power love has to bridge even the
greatest differences. But it’s also the story of a town
only just coming to terms with the truth of its past. A
truth that, as Laya and Adolf’s descendants discover first-hand,
not everyone in the town is ready to accept...

Joanna Kalowski at the opening of the new street in Wennigsen,
Germany, named after her grandmother Laya Semler

Guests:

Joanna Kalowski - internationally recognised mediator and
granddaughter of Laya and Adolf Semler

Michael Wittich - historian for the town of Wennigsen

Franz Blazek - former mayor of Wennigsen

Silke Stremlau - resident of Wennigsen

Credits:

Writers: Rick Kalowski and Michaela Kalowski

Presenters: Michaela Kalowski and Rick Kalowski

Producer: Claudia Taranto

Sound Engineer: Hamish Camilleri

Research assistance : Tadhg Kalowski