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The Counterfeit Countess: Author & Book Discussion at the Greenberg Center

September 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm


Free
University of Hartford Wilde Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117 United States


Join us for a book discussion with authors Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa, moderated by Professor Amy Weiss.

The Counterfeit Countess tells the astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg, a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat.

This event will be held at the Wilde Auditorium, University of Hartford.

Advance registration is preferred. Please email the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at mgcjs@hartford.edu

Co-sponsored by the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, Avon Library, HERO (Holocaust Education Resources and Outreach Center), UCONN College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Voices of Hope.

Details

Date:
September 16
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.avonctlibrary.info/event/counterfeitcountess2024/

Organizer

Avon Free Public Library
Phone:
860-673-9712
Email:
tpanik@avonctlibrary.info
Website:
www.avonctlibrary.info

Venue

University of Hartford Wilde Auditorium
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117 United States
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Website:
http://www.hartford.edu/

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