In conjunction with Wilton Reads, renowned violin virtuoso Igor Pikayzen, Adrian Daurov on cello and Imri Talgam on piano will perform a concert of Holocaust-inspired music. The program will be evocative of the subject matter and story in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and the musical selections will include works by composers who perished or lived […]
On Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m., the Westport Library will be screening HBO’s Emmy Award-winning, 19-minute documentary, The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm. This short film follows an intimate conversation between a young boy and his beloved great-grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor, sharing memories and lessons of the Holocaust with a new generation. The screening will be […]
The New Yorker hails From Day to Day, the World War II concentration camp diary, as “among the most compelling documents to come out of the war,”. Secretly written by Odd Nansen, a Norwegian, it is one of only a handful ever translated into English. Nansen, arrested in January 1942, was held captive in various Nazi […]
Join Wilton Library on Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. for an Author Talk with Lisa Barr about her new historical saga The Goddess of Warsaw. In a riveting tale spanning six decades, readers explore Warsaw to Hollywood following a legendary screen actress with a dark secret about her Warsaw Ghetto experience. It's an enthralling […]
