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SUMMARY:MJH | “The Teacher of Auschwitz” Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Amid the brutality of the Holocaust\, one bright spot shone inside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. In the shadows of the smokestacks was a wooden hut where children sang\, staged plays\, wrote poetry\, and learned about the world. Within those four walls\, brightly adorned with hand-painted cartoons\, the youngest prisoners were kept vermin-free\, received better food\, and were even taught to imagine having full stomachs and a day without fear. Their guiding light was a twenty-seven-year-old gay\, Jewish athlete: Fredy Hirsch.\nBeing a teacher in a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat. Forced to beg senior SS officers for better provisions\, Fredy risked his life every day to protect his beloved children from mortal danger.\nBut time was running out for Fredy and the hundreds in his care. Could this kind\, compassionate\, and brave man find a way to teach them the one lesson they really needed to know: how to survive?\nThe Teacher of Auschwitz shines a light on a truly remarkable individual and tells the inspiring story of how he fought to protect innocence and hope amid depravity and despair.\nWendy Holden was a journalist for eighteen years\, including a decade at the Daily Telegraph. She is the author and coauthor of more than thirty books\, among them several internationally acclaimed wartime biographies\, including Born Survivors\, as well as the New York Times bestsellers A Lotus Grows in the Mud (with Goldie Hawn) and Lady Blue Eyes (with Frank Sinatra’s widow\, Barbara). She lives in Suffolk\, England\, with her husband and two dogs\, and divides her time between the UK and the US.\nA $10 suggested donation enables MJH to present programs like this one.\nTo register\, click here.&nbsp\;
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URL:https://thgaac.texas.gov/calendar/event/348300
CATEGORIES:Speaking Engagements
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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