Vienna before the night As part of the commemorative year (1938)

Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2 PM

Around the publication of Vienne avant la nuit by Robert Bober, ed. POL, 2017.

Based on the images of the eponymous film, Vienna before night follows the story of Wolf Leib Fränkel, great-grandfather of the author, who settles in this city upon his return from Ellis Island and dies there in 1929 before "the Nazi night" falls on Europe. For the author, the life of Wolf Leïb Fränkel and that of the great writers who frequented the famous Viennese cafes are inseparable.

In partnership with

In the presence of the author Robert Bober, of Élisabeth de Fontenay, philosopher, and Jacques Le Rider, historian specialist of Vienne.

Session moderated by Ophir Levy, film historian at the University of Paris III and trainer at the Shoah Memorial.

Rates: 5€/3€

Vienna before the night As part of the commemorative year (1938)

OTHER EVENTS in the context of the commemorative year (1938)

"The City without Jews" by Hans Karl Breslauer

"Filmed diary of an exile" by Magali Magne

With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

Sponsored by the Foundation « Remembrance, Responsibility and Future »

Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance