The New York Librarian Who Spied On American Nazis
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Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Phone:
646-437-4202
E-mail:
info@mjhnyc.org
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Things to do near New York, NY » Education » Lectures
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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