Australian stories are part of the Holocaust. A granddaughter writes: he ‘knew he was lucky’ to escape, but paid a high price

Tess Scholfield-Peters and her grandfather, Hermann Pollnow. Tess Scholfield-Peters

Two years ago, a small group gathered in the centre of Berlin to remember Max and Edith Pollnow, Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who “gave their lives so their son could make it to Australia”. The ceremony unveiled two Stolpersteine, or “stumbling stones”, dedicated to their memory.

The Stolpersteine, or ‘stumbling stone’, for Max Pollnow. Wikipedia, CC BY