Book Talk
Events
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free but registration requiredJuly 26
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
A Force For Good is the biography of the heroic life of Gisela Warburg, a courageous young German Jewish woman and member of the celebrated Warburg family, who leveraged her wealth and family connections to save countless children from annihilation at the hands of the Nazis, also working with renowned personalities such as Henrietta Szold and Chaim Weizmann. This compelling story is told through a treasure trove of letters and documents carefully preserved by Gisela and recently discovered by her daughter, Anita Robboy, the book’s author.
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free but registration requiredAugust 30
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
Rose Valland’s unique role, that of a female spy working on behalf of the French Resistance, has long deserved its own special treatment. Michelle Young’s new book The Art Spy places Valland at the center of the action and illuminates aspects of her personal life and details about her spying methods that have received scant attention in the past.