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2:00 PM
Meriel Schindler in conversation with Shelley Pomerance
Lecture and Discussion
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Online Online
- Language English
- Price 10 $ - upon registration.
The Jewish Public Library presents an online event sponsored by The Anita and Rony Gabbay Foundation,
on Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at 2:00 pm EST.
About this event
Meriel Schindler in conversation with Shelley Pomerance about her novel "The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, And The Search For Truth"
The Lost Café Schindler is a family memoir that reads like a detective story. When Meriel's father, Kurt Schindler, died in 2017, she embarked on a fascinating journey in her family's illustrious relations, from Franz Kafka to Oskar Schindler to Dr. Bloch. Meriel's family business, the Café Schindler in Innsbruck, witnessed the tumultuous history of the twentieth century. Through the story of the café, the book depicts how an ordinary family survived extraordinary times and offers readers a profound reflection on memory, truth, trauma, and the importance of cake. This acclaimed book is a beautiful melding of the personal and the political and tells the story of a lost world.
Shelley Pomerance is an arts journalist and host-interviewer. Meriel Schindler is an author and employment lawyer. She is a partner in the law firm Withers LLP in London, where she is head of the employment team. Meriel lives in London and is married to Jeremy, and they have and have three adult children. This is her first book.
In collaboration with the Honorary Consulate General of Austria in Montreal, The German Consulate in Montreal, The Goethe-Institut Montreal and The Montreal Holocaust Museum.
This event is made possible through the generous support of The Jewish Book Council.
Meriel Schindler's books are available at Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore: http://www.paragraphbooks.com, by email: paragraphbooks@paragraphbooks.com, or by phone 514-845-5811.
on Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at 2:00 pm EST.
About this event
Meriel Schindler in conversation with Shelley Pomerance about her novel "The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, And The Search For Truth"
The Lost Café Schindler is a family memoir that reads like a detective story. When Meriel's father, Kurt Schindler, died in 2017, she embarked on a fascinating journey in her family's illustrious relations, from Franz Kafka to Oskar Schindler to Dr. Bloch. Meriel's family business, the Café Schindler in Innsbruck, witnessed the tumultuous history of the twentieth century. Through the story of the café, the book depicts how an ordinary family survived extraordinary times and offers readers a profound reflection on memory, truth, trauma, and the importance of cake. This acclaimed book is a beautiful melding of the personal and the political and tells the story of a lost world.
Shelley Pomerance is an arts journalist and host-interviewer. Meriel Schindler is an author and employment lawyer. She is a partner in the law firm Withers LLP in London, where she is head of the employment team. Meriel lives in London and is married to Jeremy, and they have and have three adult children. This is her first book.
In collaboration with the Honorary Consulate General of Austria in Montreal, The German Consulate in Montreal, The Goethe-Institut Montreal and The Montreal Holocaust Museum.
This event is made possible through the generous support of The Jewish Book Council.
Meriel Schindler's books are available at Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore: http://www.paragraphbooks.com, by email: paragraphbooks@paragraphbooks.com, or by phone 514-845-5811.