WW11 Book Discussion-If this is a man . Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! . Date: 11/16/2015 Time: 1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM 316 W Webster Muskegon, MI 49440 Phone: 231-722-7276 Event Description: The Silversides Museum is sponsoring a film and book discussion group on the topic of the Holocaust. The film will be shown at the Museum, the book discussion will take place at HPL. This month the Book is by Primo Levi, If This is a Man and the movie is “The Truce,” which will be shown at 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm at the Silversides Museum on November 18. Synopsis of the Film, “The Truce” Italian chemist turned author Primo Levi was interred at Auschwitz during WW II until 1945. Following his release, he returned to his native Turin and penned the wrenching autobiographical account of life in the concentration camp If This Is a Man. In 1962, he wrote a companion book, The Truce, a chronicle of his hellish nine-month journey from the camp to Turin. Both books are crucial entries in the history of the Holocaust. This careful adaptation of the second book took filmmaker Francesco Rosi 10 years to make. Levi's trek begins when shortly after the Germans leave, four Russian horsemen ride up and tear down the gates of Auschwitz. Levi is quickly aboard one of the first outbound trucks. Over the next few months, he goes to many different countries, and along the way he meets and is befriended by assorted fellow travelers. Through them, his appreciation of life and freedom slowly returns, but with it also comes a deep rage and an abiding guilt at having survived, a guilt that may have led Levi to suicide in 1987. Author: Sandra Brennan http://parks.swankmp.com/synopsis?0016421 Directions: Hackley Public Library, on the corner of 3rd and Webster Need more information? If you need more information about this event, please complete the fields below: Your Email Address: Please enter email address Your Name: Question / Comment: For general inquiries email us at: mlcc@muskegon.org REGISTER EVENT SPONSORS LINKS Related Website: http://hackleylibrary.org Event Location Map Current Weather SET A REMINDER Your Email Address Remind me 1 2 3 4 5 day(s) prior to the event date.