When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
Sweet Reads is a casual book club that got its start among History students who wanted to unwind from college responsibilities with fun conversation and sugary snacks. We choose topics that interest us personally while pushing us to learn something new.
Sweet Reads is a casual book club that got its start among History students who wanted to unwind from college responsibilities with fun conversation and sugary snacks. We choose topics that interest us personally while pushing us to learn something new.
Please join us for part 3 of Sarah, Caroline, and Trinity covering the book The Deepest South of All. In it, author Richard Jones explores the unique and dramatic race and class divide of Natchez, Mississippi.
Please join us for part 2 of Sarah, Caroline, and Trinity covering the book The Deepest South of All. In it, author Richard Jones explores the unique and dramatic race and class divide of Natchez, Mississippi.
In the next series of Sweet Reads, Sarah, Caroline, and Trinity cover the book The Deepest South of All. In it, author Richard Jones explores the unique and dramatic race and class divide of Natchez, Mississippi.
Join Sarah, Caroline, Trinity for the first episode of Sweet Reads with NKU as they discuss The Witches by Stacy Schiff, an in depth look to the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials.
Join Sarah, Caroline, Trinity for the first episode of Sweet Reads with NKU as they discuss The Witches by Stacy Schiff, an in depth look to the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials.
Join Sarah, Caroline, Trinity for the first episode of Sweet Reads with NKU as they discuss The Witches by Stacy Schiff, an in depth look to the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials.
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