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Q&A with Deborah Kalb

Today Deborah Kalb published a lovely interview with me.

Read the piece here.

Her daily blogspot has historical factoids about books and can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/deborahkalbbooks. Follow her on Twitter @deborahkalb

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Book Club, Potomac, Maryland

Today I presented the story of “Stolen Legacy” to a book club held in a lovely home in Potomac.

Here I am showing the audience powerpoint photos and pointing out who the various people are and their significance in the story.

Attendees had their own restitution stories to tell the group. One related her family’s experience reclaiming two properties in Krakow, Poland. Another told of her father’s long lost property in Ukraine – with precious little hope of ever regaining it.

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Times of Israel

There have been news reports recently about two former SS officers in their 90s who have been charged with participating in hundreds of murders at the Stutthof concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

New legal reasoning allows German prosecutors to charge Nazi collaborators even if there is no evidence of specific criminal acts.

I have written a blog piece about complicity during the Third Reich and how it links to Stolen Legacy.

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Kristallnacht in Missouri

I was invited to speak at the 39th St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, one of the largest in the country with over 10,000 audience members.

People come to hear authors speak on topics as diverse as: business, cooking, economics, family, fiction, history, music, religion, sports, and more.

My event, in partnership with the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center,  was in commemoration of the 79th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

I really enjoyed meeting the enthusiastic volunteers in the bookstore, which I visited before going on stage.  Great to learn that all contributors’ books are on sale for the duration of the Festival!

It was a packed auditorium, with 275 people listening intently to the Stolen Legacy story.

What a great atmosphere!

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Brooklyn Law School

“On the Road” with Brooklyn Law School on November 2 at St. Andrews Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida.

Up on stage with Nick Allard, President, Joseph Crea Dean and Professor of Law at BLS, talking to alumni and invited guests about Stolen Legacy.

The Law School, with graduates practicing in 49 states, Washington D.C., and 37 countries, hosts events across the United States in order to connect with alumni.

There were many questions about the legal position regarding property restitution in former East Germany, Poland, Belarus and even a query from someone who had fled Iraq decades ago and would like to reclaim his long lost family buildings.

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Stolen Legacy is published by the American Bar Association and distributed by Ingram.

Paperback: 328 pages   |   Language: English
ISBN: 978-1634254274
Includes book club discussion questions.