Words for All
Leeds Literary Festival
Harvey Fish
Guardian Strangers
Harvey Fish will speak about Guardian Strangers, the new eBook he co-authored with Trevor Harris under the pen name David Stuart.
The book brings together more than 50 true stories of ordinary non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust. Drawn from different countries, religions and backgrounds, these courageous individual – including diplomats, religious leaders and families – refused to remain bystanders, despite the potentially fatal consequences.
Harvey will share some of these remarkable, often little-known stories and discuss the research behind the book. He will also reflect on what these acts of moral courage can teach us today about personal responsibility and the power of choosing to act in the face of hatred and injustice.
Richard K. Lowy
Kalman and Leopold
After learning of his father’s history, Richard K. Lowy embarked on the most profound and personal project of his life: preserving his father’s harrowing Holocaust experiences. His journey led to the documentary Leo’s Journey: The Story of the Mengele Twins and, ultimately, to Kalman and Leopold—a vital story of memory, survival and reconnection.
Gillian Freedman
Cohencidence
Cohencidence tells the story of Gillian Freedman’s parents, Sybil and Leslie Cohen, and the changing Britain they experienced from the early 1930s to 2022. Drawing on diaries, letters, memories and family photographs, Gillian reflects on their colourful lives-and asks how future generations will document their histories when so much now exists only online.
Harvey Fish
Guardian Strangers
Harvey Fish will speak about Guardian Strangers, the new eBook he co-authored with Trevor Harris under the pen name David Stuart.
The book brings together more than 50 true stories of ordinary non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust. Drawn from different countries, religions and backgrounds, these courageous individual – including diplomats, religious leaders and families – refused to remain bystanders, despite the potentially fatal consequences.
Harvey will share some of these remarkable, often little-known stories and discuss the research behind the book. He will also reflect on what these acts of moral courage can teach us today about personal responsibility and the power of choosing to act in the face of hatred and injustice.
Richard K. Lowy
Kalman and Leopold
After learning of his father’s history, Richard K. Lowy embarked on the most profound and personal project of his life: preserving his father’s harrowing Holocaust experiences. His journey led to the documentary Leo’s Journey: The Story of the Mengele Twins and, ultimately, to Kalman and Leopold—a vital story of memory, survival and reconnection.
Gillian Freedman
Cohencidence
Cohencidence tells the story of Gillian Freedman’s parents, Sybil and Leslie Cohen, and the changing Britain they experienced from the early 1930s to 2022. Drawing on diaries, letters, memories and family photographs, Gillian reflects on their colourful lives-and asks how future generations will document their histories when so much now exists only online.