Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad

Your parents were not conservative. Indeed, they, I imagine, would have been quite uncomfortable and conservative,. Well, that's interesting. So my parents, my dad liked Harold Wilson. Don't forget, my parents are refugees to this country. Both came here in 47. They got married in 57. My father had been exported to Soviet collective farm. He was sent by Stalin in effect to the Gulag. Was there a sense from them that this was not something you talk to great deal about? No, I was very lucky. They did talk to me quite a lot about it. The reason why my mum didn't talk about it was because no one asked her. She didn't