Leading Two Lives in Germany

A moving contemporary document calling for greater tolerance and coexistence

“I actually led two lives.”

Hans Rosenthal narrowly escaped death seven times – as he writes in his autobiography, which is now being published in a new edition to mark his 100th birthday. A popular TV presenter who entertained an audience of millions in the 1970s with shows like DALLI DALLI, Rosenthal barely survived the Holocaust. His book recounts the early death of his parents, the deportation and murder of his younger brother, forced labor in fields, factories, and cemeteries, and the ever-present fear of being killed by the Nazis. Yet he also writes about three German women who put their own lives at risk to save his. And about a career that might well have been impossible without reconciliation.

A new edition of Hans Rosenthal's moving life story to commemorate his 100th birthday in April 2025

Four decades after its first publication, and in view of the political shift to the right, this is a book of particularly high caliber