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Lives in Limbo: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940–1945

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

Historian Marion Kaplan explores the experience of refugees from Nazi Germany in Portugal, the port of last resort once Hitler invaded France. Ticket Info: $10 general; $5 LBI/CJH/Partner members, seniors, students at portugal.bpt.me or 800-838-3006  

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Award-winning author Nora Krug on her graphic novel Heimat (Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home)

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City

Bio: Krug is an author and illustrator whose work has appeared in publications around the world. She was named Illustrator of the Year 2019 by the Victoria and Albert Museum, and her book, “Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home”, about WWII and her German family history, won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award. Abstract: Heimat (Belonging: A…

ANNELIESE LANDAU’S LIFE IN MUSIC: NAZI GERMANY TO ÉMIGRÉ CALIFORNIA, WITH DR. LILY E. HIRSCH

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

The subject of her new book, Lily E. Hirsch introduces us to a woman who truly persisted. Anneliese Landau pushed past bias to earn a PhD in musicology in 1930. She then lectured on early German radio, breaking new ground in a developing medium. After the Nazis forced the firing of all Jews in broadcasting in early 1933, Landau worked…