The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II – Book Launch
The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to launch the publication of Michael Rosen’s new book The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II.
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The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United Kingdom
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Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum Burgh House, New End Square, London, United KingdomIn this event, the authors of Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain, Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, tell the story of the Isokon, the Pritchards artistic network and the legacy of the Bauhaus artists during their time in Britain.
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How ‘the most dangerous spy in history’ was recruited in Hampstead
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum Burgh House, New End Square, London, United KingdomFor the Kuczynskis, fighting fascism by helping the KGB was a Hampstead family business.
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A Celebration of the Life and Work of Eva Ibbotson
Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United KingdomTo celebrate the reissuing of three of her adult novels – among them The Morning Gift and The Secret Countess – featuring Jewish heroines, and ahead of a forthcoming biography, her friends and colleagues Nicola Beauman, Amanda Craig and Marian Lloyd discuss her writing and her legacy.
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The Fashion Revolution: From Berlin to London
Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United KingdomA panel discussion focussing on two new publications, with Daniel Snowman, Michael Gee, Uwe Westphal, author of Fashion Metropolis Berlin1836-1939: The Story of the Rise and Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry and Anna Nyburg, author of The Clothes on our Backs: How Refugees from Nazism Revitalised the British Fashion Trade.
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Emigration, Displacement, and Art: Testimonies from the AJR Refugee Voices
University of Leicester University Road, Leicester, United KingdomThe seminar is part of Refugee Week Breaking Barriers as well as the “Dissent and Displacement” Public Seminar Series.
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Dissent and Displacement Public Seminar Series – Michel Kichka
University of Leicester University of Leicester Fielding Johnson First Floor Council Suite 1 and 2, Leicester, United KingdomMichel Kichka: Second Generation: A Graphic Novel on Fathers and Sons after the Holocaust
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*Postponed* Karl Koenig: The Refugee Doctor Who Pioneered Art as a Language for Social Therapeutic Care
St Ethelburga’s Centre 78 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom*This event is postponed until the coronavirus crisis has passed.*
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*Postponed* Refuge Britain: Stories of Émigré Designers
Chambers Street Chambers Street, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin our discussion of the experience of Bernat Klein, Tibor Reich and other émigré textile designers.
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*Postponed* Jew Süss and Jud Süss
Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square, London, United Kingdom*The Pears Institute has decided to postpone the Jew/Jud Süss screening, in the light of the coronovirus/COVID-19 outbreak.*
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*Postponed* Edith Tudor-Hart and the Opening of the Lawn Road Flats: Exile Photographer
The Isokon Gallery Lawn Road, London, United KingdomIn 1934 Austrian émigré photographer Edith Tudor-Hart was commissioned to provide photographic record of the opening of the Isokon building
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*Postponed* Photography and Cinema, from A to Z
Clore Lecture Theatre Torrington Square, London, United KingdomKRASZNA-KRAUSZ LECTURE 2020: ‘Photography and Cinema, from A to Z’ presented by David Campany
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*Postponed* Talk: The Outsiders by Philipp Ther
King Alfred Phoenix Ivy Wood, North End Road, London, United KingdomRobert Winder discusses The Outsiders with author Philipp Ther
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Yom Hashoah Service with Film Screening & Discussion of Home Movie by Caroline Pick
New North London Synagogue East End Road, London, United KingdomCaroline Pick is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and commissioning editor.
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The Escape Act: A Holocaust Memoir
New North London Synagogue East End Road, London, United KingdomSpecial Yom Hashoah programme for families with older children, teens and adults on Circus Jews Under National Socialism, with academic and artist Stav Meishar.
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George Szirtes: the Dual Perspective of an Exile
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThe prize-winning poet and translator will talk about his experience as a member of the Second Generation, his parent’s background in the camps, coming to the UK as a refugee from Hungary in 1956 and the creative process.
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Restitution: Gimpel vs the French Government – a Seven Year Saga
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventArt dealer René Gimpel will be in discussion with Sue Grayson Ford MBE, co-curator of last year’s Brave New Visions exhibition at Sotheby’s.
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Animated Visions: émigré film-makers in 1940s Britain
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventThe Emigré Contribution to Animation Film-making in 1940s Britain.
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“No way out”: The Ettrick, Camp L and Camp N – Internment in Canada
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventNancy Greenspan will discuss this still under-explored aspect of World War Two internment history
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Rudolf von Laban, Reactionary Modernist
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventMarion Kant and Clare Lidbury discuss a deeply problematic yet influential dance philosophy and aesthetic.
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Tribute to Peter Rauter
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventAn event dedicated to photographer Peter Rauter, focussing on his 1990s ‘Immigrants of Influence’ series.
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Laelia Goehr: Photographer
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventJulia Crockatt will be in conversation with photographic researcher John March about her remarkable grandmother Laelia Goehr.
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Ralph Koltai: Artist of the Stage
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventPamela Howard in conversation with Di Trevis, Charles Woolff and Simon Callow about stage designer and artist Ralph Koltai.
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Toys and Modernism: Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Ltd., 1932-1973
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventAlan Powers will discuss the subject of his latest book ‘Abbatt Toys: Modern Toys for Modern Children’
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