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Posts tagged as “Germany”

Film Screening: “BEUYS”

Few German cultural figures of the 20th century were as controversial as the action artist, sculptor, draftsman, art theorist and professor Joseph Beuys (1921 – 1986). In the course of the film, the work of Beuys becomes clearer and clearer. Director Andres Veiel trained as a director and dramaturg at the international cultural centre Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Since 1988…

“When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit:” A Conversation with Caroline Link

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Consulate General of Germany New York present a conversation with Academy Award® winning director Caroline Link in the context of the May 21 release by Greenwich Entertainment of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, her adaptation of acclaimed British author Judith Kerr’s classic novel. Based on Judith Kerr’s childhood memories, the novel and the film tell the story of a Jewish…

X Throop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, author and historian Leah Garrett, Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Hunter College, follows this unique band of brothers of Jewish refugees from Germany to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the…

LBI Book Club, Vol. IX: The Spirit Returneth by Selma Stern

The Spirit Returneth tells the story of a Jewish family living in Jewish communities along the Rhine in the fateful years of 1348 and 1349. Through following the children of one family, who leave home to marry and start families of their own or to study, we follow the progression of the Black Death as it spreads across Germany, bringing with…