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Brexit led me to discover the story of my grandad's Shoah escape

Andrew Evans grandfather, Adolph Lempert, was a mystery during his childhood

May 16, 2019 10:15
Andrew Evans

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Rosa Doherty,

rosa doherty

2 min read

Like many people after the 2016 EU referendum, Andrew Evans started thinking of ways he might be able to retain his European passport.

The 37-year-old from Barnet, north west London, decided that his grandfather, who was Jewish, was a good place to start, so he started to investigate.

What started off as “quite a cynical attempt to get a European passport”, soon became something much more — a “great story and discovery of what he must have been through to stay alive”.

Mr Evans’s grandfather, Adolph Lempert, was a mystery during his childhood because he left his wife, Mr Evans’ grandmother, for another woman.