Charles Lewinsky and Ad van Liempt

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An evening on resistance and treason in World War II. In his latest novel Charles Lewinsky writers about the dilemma of the jewish actor and director Kurt Gerron. In Theresienstadt the SS asks him to make a movie in which the humiliating life in the ghetto is represented as a paradise. To refuse would mean a transport to Auschwitz. To cooperate would be self-betrayal.

In his latest book 'The hunt on the resistance', the Dutch journalist Ad van Liempt describes how the Germans suppressed the Dutch underground resistance, with help of Dutch countrymen.

The two authors will talke to writer Judith Uyterlinde on treason and resistance..

At the end of the evening the writers will sign their books at the Paagman Bookshop in the venue. The conversation is in English.

Sponsored by Fonds 1818, Uitgeverij Signatuur and Uitgeverij Balans.

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Date and time Tuesday 7 May 2013 from 20:30 to 22:00 hrs
Location Podium B - Centrale Bibliotheek Den Haag, Spui 68, 5e etage

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Charles Lewinsky

(1946) alternates between living in Zurich and a village in France. He worked as a dramaturge and director, wrote TV scripts and plays, and continues to write novels and short stories. His work has been featured multiple times on national and international long and shortlists, earning him awards from France to China. Halfbaard was nominated for both the German and Swiss Buchpreis. His novel Het Hot van de familie Meijer, an uncompromising bestseller, marked his major breakthrough in the Netherlands and Flanders. Additionally, Lewinsky serves as the chairman of the Jonathan Swift Internationaler Preis für Satire und Humor, established in 2015 by the Werner Dessauer Foundation. Recipients of this award include Eva Menasse, T.C. Boyle, Yasmina Reza, Joachim Meyerhoff, and David Sedaris.
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Ad van Liempt

(Utrecht, NL 1949) is the author of various non-fiction books on WWII and a maker of television programmes. He was editor-in-chief of Nova (a Dutch current affairs programme) and fouder and editor-in-chief of Andere Tijden, a history programme on Dutch national tv, heading the history department. He also headed the history department of NPS (Dutch public television). He wrote the script and did the final editing of the tv series De oorlog (The War). Previously he wrote Kopgeld, a shocking and revealing book on the activities of Jew hunters in 1943. In 2009 he was elected historian of the year. In January 2014 his new book appears: Na de bevrijding - de loodzware jaren 1945-1950 (After liberation - the difficult years 1945-1950). The book accompanies the seven-episode television series which NTR is broadcasting from January 2014.
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