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Italy, Summer 1944.
A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence.
Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein – a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime.
Having renounced his German citizenship a decade earlier, Albert’s safely in America, well beyond Hitler’s reach.
The same is not true for his cousin.
Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished – and a family is dead.
This crime – and what happened next – as told by journalist and documentary maker, Thomas Harding, still haunts those who survived.
Who ordered it? Who was involved? And why did they get away with it? This is the untold story of The Einstein Vendetta.
Thomas Harding will be joined in conversation by former book critic of The Sunday Times and author of Retroland, Peter Kemp.