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Anna Bikont

Presented by City of Asylum at City of Asylum @ Alphabet City, Pittsburgh PA

Feb 27 2018
Anna Bikont

Join us for a reading with Anna Bikont who will presenting her work of historical journalism The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne.

The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne is a monumental work of nonfiction on a wartime atrocity, its sixty-year denial, and the impact of its truth. The book examines the events in the small Polish town of Jedwabne on July 10, 1941, when the citizens rounded up the Jewish population and burned them alive in a barn. The massacre was a shocking secret that had been suppressed for more than sixty years, and it provoked the most important public debate in ... view more »

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FREE (Registration Required)

LOCATION

City of Asylum @ Alphabet City

40 W. North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

PARKING INFO

Safe and convenient parking for City of Asylum @ Alphabet City (40 W. North Avenue) is available at the Federal North Garage (1231 Federal Street) located on Federal Street behind the Masonic Building.