KTA Books and More Talk author Joanne Intrator and Summons to Berlin

The book talk I shared with The Kindertransport Association has been posted on their website and is linked below. Please consider joining KTA and supporting their mission: – To Connect those individuals who, many years ago, were directly involved in the Kindertransports and who have since emigrated to North America, and their families and descendants.…

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Do The Thing Your Most Afraid Of

My latest essay published on Women Writers, Women’s Books is about the emotional difficulty I had returning to Berlin after I wrote Summons To Berlin. You can find the whole piece here: https://booksbywomen.org/do-the-thing-you-are-most-afraid-of/

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Gerhard Marcks’ Der Rufer (The Crier)

Photo with Joanne and Der Rufer and Maps of Berlin and Washington DC

The first time I encountered Der Rufer (The Crier in English) was in the sculpture garden of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin. I was in Berlin for the first time in years to meet with lawyers about my family’s building and seeking restitution. I was drawn to it because it seemed to embody a…

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Jewish Book Council’s Review

The Jewish Book Council reviewed Summons to Berlin. The full review can be read here: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/summons-to-berlin-nazi-theft-and-a-daughters-quest-for-justice

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Book Launch at the Leo Baeck Institute

At the book launch for Summons to Berlin, Joanne speaks about the book’s contemporary relevance with LBI Executive Director Emeritus William H. Weitzer. The full talk can be viewed here: https://www.lbi.org/events/summons-to-berlin-nazi-theft-and-a-daughters-quest-for-justice/

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PW Review of my Memoir

(My book’s cover, back and front) *** I am most pleased to note that the venerable PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  has published a favorable review of my memoir SUMMONS TO BERLIN.  PW relates some details of my Berlin restitution quest, then calls the book “a unique and memorable account of untangling inherited trauma.” I did endeavor to…

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