1. The Cut Out Girl, A Story of War and family, Lost and Found - 4 March Glen Eira Town Hall

Thousands of Jewish children were hidden from the Nazis in the Netherlands during World War II. But only some survived. Lien de Jong was one of them.

What: Winner of the 2018 Costa Book of the Year Award, The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es  is the true story of Lien de Jong, a young Jewish girl who became one of the Dutch hidden children of World War II. This will be an evening of conversation between Bart van Es and Mark Raphael Baker. They will discuss the deeply moving and extraordinary story of the life of a Jewish girl, Lien de Jong, who was one of the 6000 children hidden by foster families in the Netherlands during the Nazi regime. The author is the grandson of one of the foster families. His quest to find Lien and solve the mystery of his family’s post-war estrangement of her is carefully woven into the broader historical explanations about the Netherlands during WWII.

When: Wednesday 4 March 2020, 7:30 pm
Where: Glen Eira Town Hall Theatrette (Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield)
Tickets: $30, Concession $25
Bookings: TryBookings