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Royals at War

November 24

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ROYALS AT WAR

1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK

This program examines the actions of the royal families of Europe during the Holocaust. The film Royals at War is in two episodes, both of which will be available to all who register.

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ November 17-25, watch the films Royals at War, Episodes I and II on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. The first episode will be available starting on November 17, and the second episode will be available starting on November 22.

⇒ Sunday, November 24 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program with our distinguished panel of speakers. A link will be provided to all who register.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

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Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, right, headed the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem from 1982-2007. Some of his books on rescue during the Holocaust include The Path of the RighteousSheltering the JewsSaving the JewsDiplomat Heroes of the Holocaust, and Saving One’s Own. He taught at Yeshiva University and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Thanks to his efforts, there is now a square named for Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Jerusalem. One of the chapters in his book Saving One’s Own is devoted to the Perelman couple, Jewish rescuers in Belgium.

Headshot Marc 2Marc D’Antin, left, is the eldest son of Michaela von Habsburg and grandson of Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary. Marc spent his childhood living in the United States, Germany, and Spain. He received a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling in 2011 from the University of Central Florida and has spent his career working in education as a behavior analyst. He currently lives in Washington, D.C., where he owns an educational psychology company, Fit Learning DC. Marc spent many summers with his grandfather, and even accompanied him as an aide on trips throughout Eastern Europe, where Otto gave talks for the Paneuropean Union. These trips were some of the most formative experiences of his youth.

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Felix Etienne-Edouard Pfeifle, right, who will moderate, is an architectural designer with considerable expertise in World War II. He graduated cum laude from UC-Berkeley and was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Vienna. In 2005 he founded the interdisciplinary architectural design firm The Felix Effect, whose portfolio spans a wide range of connoisseur-level projects. He has taught at the New School for Social Research and served as Board President of the Fulbright Association (Los Angeles) and the Los Angeles Bach Festival. 

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Registration will open at a later date.

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Date:
November 24
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