Walter Bingham, host of “Walter’s World” – a weekly magazine program on Arutz Sheva National Radio – is the oldest working field journalist in Israel. Bingham was born in Germany in 1924 and was later registered to make Aliyah to Palestine at the age of 12. The British mandate authorities never granted him a permit to Palestine, but he was selected for a place aboard the ‘Kindertransport’ to the UK just days before the outbreak of WWII. His journey to the promised land ended ten years ago, when he finally made Aliyah to Israel. From his days as a teenager during the War to his awaited move to Israel, Bingham has had some remarkable adventures: he was drafted by the British army and saw front line action during the Invasion of Normandy, he interviewed Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop who was the first to be hanged after being convicted at the Nuremberg Trials, he appeared on two films of the Harry Potter series as a wizard and has single-handedly flown a plane from Europe to Israel and back. Tune in to hear more episodes from his eventful life.

Playlist:
Herman Fenigstein – Ich Fuhr Aheim
Gali Atari – Ein Li Eretz Aheret
The Leslies – We’re Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
‘Hatikvah’ sung at Bergen-Belsen (April 23rd, 1945)

Photo: Walter Bingham on the cover of Sha’ah Tovah.