'Jewish Exiles in Paris: Art & Ideas in Europe’s Darkest Hour' Webinar

Tickets: $12 (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/1814359481049

In 1930s Paris, a generation of Jewish writers and thinkers in exile transformed the city into a crucible of resistance, reflection, and radical new ideas. How did their poetry, philosophy, and political thought leave an enduring mark on France and beyond in one of Europe's darkest chapters? It's time to step into the world of poetic defiance and intellectual resilience that shaped the course of modern history.

Join New York Adventure Club as we explore the remarkable constellation of Jewish writers, philosophers, and intellectuals who made Paris their refuge during the 1930s and 1940s, and how their creative and intellectual legacies shaped modern European culture and thought.

Led by Edith de Belleville — French licensed tour guide, author, and attorney-at-law — our digital showcase will include:

• Benjamin Fondane and Paul Celan, and how their poetry grappled with memory, identity, and exile
• Exiled German thinkers in Paris, including Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, and Norbert Elias, whose time in the city shaped major currents in philosophy and sociology
• French Jewish intellectuals like René Cassin and Marc Bloch, who turned resistance and scholarship into acts of courage
• Hélène Berr’s wartime diary, and why her voice remains a powerful testimony of daily life under Nazi occupation
• Paris as a cultural refuge, and how it became a lifeline for Jewish émigrés fleeing persecution and violence across Europe

Afterward, we'll have a Q&A session with Edith — any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged!
Can't make it live? Don't worry, you'll have access to the full replay for one week.
See you there, virtually!

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About Edith
Edith de Belleville is a native Parisian woman. She is a licensed tour guide, lawyer, author and a qualified French teacher for foreigners. She wrote a book about Beautiful Rebels of Paris in French ("Belles et Rebelles" , Éditions du 81) She is also a professor and teaches the Jewish heritage in Paris at Gustave Eiffel University (Marne-la-Vallée) She just published a new book in English about her memoirs in Paris "Parisian Life, adventures in the City of Light." And she spends so much time at Le Louvre and Orsay Museum that it's her second home.

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