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One man's search for his family treasure

Jan Glazewski was born and raised in South Africa, but was regularly told stories about his grandfather’s estate close to Lviv. Prior to World War Two that was Polish territory, but after the war and the erection of the Iron Curtain, it reverted to being part of Ukraine. According to Jan’s father, the family silver was still buried there and eventually Jan set out to find out… Sean was joined by Jan Glazewski, retired professor of Environmental law at the University of Cape Town and author of the memoir ‘Blood and Silver’ to find out more...

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15.37 27 Feb 2023


One man's search for his family treasure


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Jan Glazewski was born and raised in South Africa, but was regularly told stories about his grandfather’s estate close to Lviv. Prior to World War Two that was Polish territory, but after the war and the erection of the Iron Curtain, it reverted to being part of Ukraine. According to Jan’s father, the family silver was still buried there and eventually Jan set out to find out…

Sean was joined by Jan Glazewski, retired professor of Environmental law at the University of Cape Town and author of the memoir ‘Blood and Silver’ to find out more...


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