Also, how the family of Emil’s wife, Anna Tislau, suffered turmoil during the Second World War in Lithuania. She also discovers that her maternal great-grandfather Emil Müller, a London tailor, was interned as an ‘enemy alien’ during the First World War because of his German background. The opening episode sees presenter and comedian Sue Perkins learn a great deal about her family, including how her paternal grandfather, Albert Perkins, suffered terrible childhood loss. (Image credit: BBC/Wall To Wall Media Ltd/Stephen Perry)
