Podcasts

Hotel Exile, The Dark WWII History of Paris's Hotel Lutetia, Jane Rogoyska

History Shorts – The Dark WWII History of Paris’s Hotel Lutetia

In her powerful new book, Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War, Jane tells the extraordinary true story of one iconic Parisian hotel — the Hôtel Lutetia — and uses it as a haunting window into the human drama of World War II.
History Extra,Hotel Exile,Jane Rogoyska

History Extra – Hotel Exile

Jane Rogoyska shines a light on the story of how one Parisian hotel was home to anti-Nazi radicals before the Second World War, German military intelligence officers during the war, and returning deportees after the conflict.
The Spectator Book Club, Hotel Exile, Jane Rogoyska

Hotel Exile – The Spectator Book Club

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the historian Jane Rogoyska, whose new book Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War tells the bloody story of the Second World War through the lens of Paris's Hotel Lutetia.
Hotel Exile, Paris in the Shadow of War, Jane Rogoyska

Hotel Exile – John Sandoe Books Podcast

Our first podcast for 2026 is with Jane Rogoyska, the author of Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War. Divided into three parts, it tells the story of the influx of mostly German refugees into Paris following the rise of the Nazis, and how the Hotel Lutetia ...
BBC Radio 4 Start The Week

Start The Week Thinking About War

How do we think about war? How do we imagine it, picture it and explain it? Adam Rutherford hosts Radio 4's discussion programme which starts the week, asking what we can learn about ourselves from our varied intellectual and cultural responses to conflict.
Gerda Taro, Robert Capa, Jane Rogoyska

Gerda Taro – Capturing The Spanish Civil War

Starting off as a novice photographer with strong political motivations, Gerda Taro became well known during the Spanish Civil War, only to sadly become the first woman photojournalist to have died covering the frontline of a war, aged 26.