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The Traitors Circle with Jonathan Freedland

01/29/2026
60 min
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As a special preview to our 75th anniversary celebrations, we welcome acclaimed writer, broadcaster and Jewish Book Week favourite Jonathan Freedland for an evening exploring his gripping new work of history, The Traitors Circle. In conversation with City Lit principal Mark Malcomson, Freedland revisits the extraordinary true story of the German men and women who dared to resist Hitler from within Berlin’s elite circles – and the betrayal that sealed their fate.

About the speakers

Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford, Rathbones Folio and Waterstones Book of the Year prizes and in April 2025 was named by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Books […]
Mark Malcomson CBE

Mark is Principal and Chief Executive of City Lit. Previously, he was the Director of Executive Education at London Business School and President of the New York Institute of Finance. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year’s Honours List for services to adult education.

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The Traitors Circle with Jonathan Freedland

01/29/2026
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60 min

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Jonathan Freedland

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Jonathan Freedland is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke out of Auschwitz to Warn the World,...

Mark Malcomson CBE

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Mark is Principal and Chief Executive of City Lit. Previously, he was the Director of Executive Education at London Business School and President of...