Dr Daniel Briscoe: 'At that time people were really suspicious of Jews. Some people still are' Before the first World War, Robert Briscoe went to stay with his maternal aunt Hedwig Kudesch-Salomon and her husband, Adolph, in Berlin. He was there to learn business and to return to Ireland where his father owned a furniture manufacturing business. When the war broke out, Briscoe, then a British citizen, fled Germany. He joined the Irish revolution and found himself returning to Germany to procure arms for Michael Collins. Later, he joined the anti-Treaty side and was a founder member of Fianna Fáil...