Bright and humorous voice, this is Yoram Leker. And above all, here is a lawyer who has frequented quite a few history books: the history of the Holocaust seen through the prism of the Kasztner affair, named after the man who saved 1,684 Jews when the deportations began in 1944 in Hungary, and who was convicted in Israel for doing so.
At the end of his aptly named novel Soul to the devil, our guest draws up his family tree, with the names of the members of his family endowed with a lucky star, by finding himself in this famous train. Documented and humorous hypochondriac novel that points out that Kasztner was murdered for being the only Jew in history to save others, risking his life. As its author says, it almost sounds like a Jewish story …
Yoram Lecker’s musical choices
The Andrews Sisters Tico Tico
Mrs Butterfly A beautiful di vedremo by Angela Gheorghiu
Bob dylan Hard rain