Profile: Ralph Miliband
Ralph Miliband - the father of the Labour politicians David and Miliband - came to the UK as a Jewish immigrant during the Second World War:
- Born in Brussels in 1924 where his parents met after fleeing from Poland
- Fled from Belgium to the UK with his father in 1940 to escape Nazi holocaust
- Studied at London School of Economics, eventually gaining a PhD
- Serves for three years in the Royal Navy
- Published numerous books on Marxism and taught in Chicago, London and Leeds among others
- Died in 1994 aged 70