The Jew who knew As part of 'Holocaust Remembrance Day'

sunday January 21, 2018 at 2:30 PM

On the occasion of the publication of the Jew who knew. Wilno-Jerusalem: the legendary figure of Abba Kovner (1918-1987) by Dina Porat, ed. The Water’s Edge, 2017. Translated and adapted from English and Hebrew by Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine. With the support of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah.

Abba Kovner © D.R.

Jewish, fighter, poet, Abba Kovner is 23 years old when he finds himself locked up in the ghetto of Vilnius. After having tried to organize the insurrection there, this born leader fled through the sewers to reach the forest, where he becomes a legend by his exploits in battle. Above all, Abba Kovner is the first to have publicly called upon his followers to take up arms.

In the presence of the author Dina Porat, Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine, translator, and Jean-Luc Landier, former deputy director general of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah.

Hosted by Samuel Blumenfeld, journalist, Le Monde.

Free entry by reservation

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