The True Adventures of Gidon Lev

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The True Adventures of Gidon Lev

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 05/05/2022

    Mother | 15

    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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min

  2. 05/05/2022

    The Like of This | 14

    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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min

  3. 05/05/2022

    Into the Dark | 13

    Looking back at a long, adventurous life, Gidon reveals the subject of his deepest sorrow and most difficult challenge - cancer.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min

  4. 02/05/2022

    A Life Less Ordinary | 12

    After the heart-wrenching events that took place in 1970, Gidon begins his life anew yet again when he meets a brunette intellectual, Susan, who will change the course of his life forever. This unlikely partnership, filled with love, heartache, and adventure will last for over 40 years.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min

  5. 21/04/2022

    Paved Over Paradise | 11

    Reeling from shock and weighted with the emotional trauma of the Holocaust, Gidon Lev reacted to the abduction of his children in the only way that made sense to him. He went on a wild goose chase in California. Things didn't go as planned.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min

  6. 07/04/2022

    Things Fall Apart | 10

    On May 15th, 1967, Gidon is called up for emergency duty and sent to the Golan Heights, leaving his wife and baby behind. Israel manages to survive the Six Day War but what lies just around the corner for Gidon will be the most traumatic experience of his life.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min

  7. 31/03/2022

    Archaeology | 9

    On the eve of the Six-Day War, a young American searching for independence crashes into the rock-solid determination of the new, grown-up Gidon. Together, they have a child. Gidon doesn't know it yet but the biggest trauma of his life has already been set into motion.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min

  8. 22/03/2022

    Big Hard Sun | 8

    It's 1960 and the world is once again changing. Only 15 years earlier, Gidon had been liberated from a concentration camp. Now he finds himself serving in the Israeli Defense Forces amidst one of the world's most complex, agonizing, and seemingly never ending conflicts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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