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Rebuilt from Broken Glass: A German Jewish Life Remade in America

    Klein College of Media and Communication

    Larry Hanover, Klein College Adjunct Instructor and Author of Rebuilt from Broken Glass: A German Jewish Life Remade in America, a book coauthored with Holocaust survivor Fred Behrend, whose family escaped Nazi Germany for Cuba and the United States, experiencing numerous brushes with history while in the U.S. Army. Behrend went from a sheltered life of wealth in a long-gone, old-world Germany, dwelling in the gildexd compound once belonging to the manufacturer of the zeppelin airships, to a poor Jewish immigrant in New York City learning English from Humphrey Bogart films. Upon returning from service in the U.S. Army, he rose out of poverty, built a successful business in Manhattan, and returned to visit Germany a dozen times, giving him unique perspective into Germany’s attempts to surmount its Nazi past.

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    Created By: Klein College of Media and Communication
    Sponsors: Klein College of Media and Communication
    Open To: Public
    Type: Lecture
    Tags: Klein Graduate Speaker Series

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