Journalist and broadcaster. Former BBC presenter. Author of 'And The Cello Came Too'. Now also at robinlustig.substack.com.
Joined February 2011
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Jun 2
My book is now available for purchase from all the usual places, including your local bookshop and online. Print, ebook and audiobook.
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Jun 10
My response to events in Southampton and Belfast. Link in comments below.
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Jun 9
There's still time to register for this online event. Link below.
Looking forward to this online event with @robinlustig.
Join us: nyadventureclub.com/event/19…
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Honoured to be in an online conversation with @robinlustig on June 14th, discussing his book "And the Cello Came Too".
You can join us!
Tickets are available here:
nyadventureclub.com/event/19…
And use code classi5 for a $5 discount!
Thanks to @classilectures
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Jun 2
theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
My father, the German refugee who fought the Nazis as a ‘secret listener’
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Join Robin Lustig and Dr Helen Fry on June 14th at 11am for a conversation about 'And the Cello Came Too' at nyadventureclub.com.
Please enjoy our promotional video!
@robinlustig @DrHelenFry
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Jun 1
If you can't make any of my in-person events promoting my new book, why not join me online on 14 June? Video in comments below.
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May 28
Final extract from my forthcoming book. Link in comments below.
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May 27
Today's extract from my forthcoming book. Link in comments below.
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May 26
'I have long believed that, at least in an ideal world, to truly know ourselves, it helps to know from whom we are descended.' Link to extract from my forthcoming book in comments below.
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German-Jewish refugees who eavesdropped on captured Nazi generals on UK soil during WW2 heard every boast, confession, and atrocity when the prisoners thought no one was listening.
This is the remarkable life of Fritz Lustig, one of MI9’s secret listeners:
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May 26
Thank you, Helen! As you know, he hugely appreciated all the work you did on this. X
Fritz Lustig was the one who first got me started on the true story of the 'Secret Listeners'.
He said to me, "Did we do anything that made any difference to the outcome of the war? What about us secret listeners, Helen? You’ve told everyone’s story about the other 10,000 Germans who fought for Britain, but what about us? What about us secret listeners?"
I could never have imagined the remarkable journey we would share together.
Though he is sadly no longer with us, his legacy, alongside that of the hundred Secret Listeners, is now firmly cemented in the history books.
Before he passed, I was able to give him the answers he had long sought... and yes, he absolutely did make a real and lasting difference to the outcome of the Second World War.
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On 14 June, I’m delighted to be in conversation with Robin Lustig about his powerful new book "And the Cello Came Too".
@robinlustig @classilectures
This is a remarkable family saga of exile & resilience.
I’m really looking forward to this online event:
bit.ly/48EtfBK
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