In this episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful talks with historical novelist Veronica Leigh, author of The Keeper of Lost Daughters, about a story born at the crossroads of war, memory, and faith. Set in wartime and post‑war Poland, the novel follows Lydia, a Christian woman who opens her door to find a Jewish baby on her doorstep—a child she comes to love as her own.

Drawing on real histories of Jewish children placed with Christian families during the war, Veronica and Colin discuss the moral and emotional tangle that follows when survivors return to reclaim their children in a country where it is still dangerous to be Jewish. They talk about post‑1945 Poland—especially 1946—as a time marked by violence, antisemitism, and the rise of communist rule, and how that fraught back ...