AUP Events | "The Nine: The True Story of Female Resistance Fighters" with Gwen Strauss

A talk by author Gwen Strauss speaking about her forthcoming book "The Nine: The True Story of Female Resistance Fighters" which follows the story of Strauss’ great aunt who led nine women as they escaped a German concentration camp. Co-hosted by The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention and the Office of the AUP President.
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About The American University of Paris:
Chartered in Paris as a liberal arts college in 1962, AUP is today an international university located at the meeting point of France, Europe and the world. The University provides a curriculum that combines liberal arts inquiry, preparation for professional life, and student-centered, active learning in small classrooms of students from over 100 nationalities. Our global faculty teach 28 undergraduate majors and four core fields of graduate study, all taught in English.
About the Research Center:
The mission of The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention is to promote innovative research, curricula and pedagogies leading to the deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of genocide and mass violence.
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[@jontrewfrombarry]

Thank you so much for this. I listened to 'The Nine' as an audiobook and was desperate to see what the women looked like and searched online until I found this. Thank you Gwen. It was so lovely to see Baby France!

[@alexmelrose8846]

Amazing insight to the world at war and the plight of female prisoners of war. Nine women who had daily decisions to make , some as a collective and some taken by the group leader Christine. Excellent presentation by the author. A great WW2 movie in waiting.

[@tillystudio]

Amazing story of research told
With clarity and grace. Thank you Gwen. This is so important.

[@Anna-uo5me]

amazing book , i recommend it