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3:00 PM-5:00 PM
SUSANNE HORNFECK READS FROM „TORTE MIT STÄBCHEN“
Reading|Reading
- Language German
- Price Free admission
Date: 03.10.2018, Mittwoch, 15:00 Uhr - 17:00 Uhr
Venue: AAB 402A (LEARNING COMMONS), 4/F ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
An Afternoon with prize-winning German author Susanne Hornfeck and her book
Few people know that about 18,000 - 20,000 German and Austrian Jews survived in Shanghai during the Holocaust. The city was one of the last ports where emigrants found refuge after the Pogromnacht of 1938. Family Finkelstein from Brandenburg were one of them. The confectionary family of three found themselves in an oriental city from away from home. While parents have to cope with everyday life and bring the family through, nine-year-old Inge explored the city, its inhabitants and their strange language(s). The exoticism of foreign culture, which so frightened adults, exerted a magical attraction on the little girl.
In her novel based on intensive research, the author explores the historical fate of refugees, which gives new relevance against the background of the current refugee crisis.
Venue: AAB 402A (LEARNING COMMONS), 4/F ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
An Afternoon with prize-winning German author Susanne Hornfeck and her book
Few people know that about 18,000 - 20,000 German and Austrian Jews survived in Shanghai during the Holocaust. The city was one of the last ports where emigrants found refuge after the Pogromnacht of 1938. Family Finkelstein from Brandenburg were one of them. The confectionary family of three found themselves in an oriental city from away from home. While parents have to cope with everyday life and bring the family through, nine-year-old Inge explored the city, its inhabitants and their strange language(s). The exoticism of foreign culture, which so frightened adults, exerted a magical attraction on the little girl.
In her novel based on intensive research, the author explores the historical fate of refugees, which gives new relevance against the background of the current refugee crisis.