The Unexpected Masseur
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Episode 6. Who was the mysterious Master Ko who taught Felix Kersten to be a massage therapist? Arto Koskinen interviews non-fiction writer Tapio Tamminen and tries once again to get in touch with Felix Kersten’s son, Arno Kersten. Koskinen eventually meets Andrea Kersten, the daughter of Kersten’s other son, as well as her mother, Kerstin. They reveal Felix Kersten’s last words.
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Episode 11. Was Walter Schellenberg, the intelligent, pedantic, and creative chief of the SS’s counter-espionage division, behind Kersten’s act? Arto Koskinen delves into Felix Kersten’s relationship with Elisabeth Lüben, his former landlady’s daughter, who Kersten often called his sister. We...
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Episode 10. What happened in Gut Harzwald? And who did the Swedish Red Cross’s white bus save there in 1945? Dutch journalist Jos Verlaan talks about Kersten’s connection to Holland’s nationalist socialist aristocrats and the Oxford group. Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein make findings in the...
Published 02/26/19