The New York Librarian Who Spied On American Nazis

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Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
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2 PM

Florence Mendheim was a Jewish librarian who went undercover in the 1930s to spy on Nazis around New York City. This program, co-presented by the Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute, will explore her fascinating life and legacy.

The program will feature:

  • Marshall Curry, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker who directed the short film “A Night at the Garden;”
  • Dr. Daniel Greene, President and Librarian at the Newberry Library in Chicago, adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University, and curator of “Americans and the Holocaust;” and
  • Michael Simonson, Head of Public Outreach and Archivist at the Leo Baeck Institute.
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