In this podcast I interview Mikhal Dekel about her book which investigates the odyssey of her father and aunt's escape - as children during WWII - from Nazi and Soviet theaters of war and genocide, traveling through Tehran, Iran. I inquire about the personal and historic aspects of the journey, and discuss the new framework Dekel has uncovered for the story of the 250,000 of about 3 million Polish Jews who survived extermination by escaping East into Soviet prison camps. The story of the approximately one thousand Jewish children who are relocated to Israel is the most personal aspect of Mikhal's story, as her family members are two of the "Tehran Children".