28/01/2025
Norwich, GB 7 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

GRETA ANDERSEN, aged 95

A swimmer she won a gold medal at the Olympic Games but the nearly drowned. She then became an endurance swimmer holding many records that stand to this day.

JOACHIM AUERBACH, aged 93

Fleeing the Nazis as a child, he made a life in Britain, but always worked to help other people in a similar situation to his younger self.

ELIZABETH SELBY, aged 96

Fleeing Europe and the Nazis, she set up a photograph agency in London with her husband, which captured many famous images and supplied the world’s media.

TOM KAREN, aged 96

After escaping the Nazis as a boy, he grew up to be the greatest modern designer of our times – toys, bikes, cars, caravans, artwork. You name it, he made it.