My Disappearing Uncle: Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family

Nationwide arts festival celebrating refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British cultureMarch 2020 marked the official end of the festival, but also the beginning of a longer-term commitment to celebrating the impact of this remarkable generation of émigrés under the Insiders/Outsiders umbrella

Insiders Outsiders

Kathy Henderson in conversation with Daniel Snowman about her new book.

<blockquote>'That’s what happens when you listen to the stories and they start to tell themselves all over again … the more you hear, the more questions there are, answers unpeeling like the layers of an onion.’</blockquote>Memoir, detective work and political history come together in this vivid and moving family biography told through the stories passed down by its undaunted women.Heard on a toboggan in the Austrian mountains, in the back seat of an overloaded Mini toiling through Europe, on a coal barge in Paris … here are tales that take us from Hungary, Germany and Italy to France, England and Argentina, from the young actress in fin de siècle Vienna to the 16-year-old schoolboy who disappeared for over 50 years. <a href="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/my-disappearing-uncle/9781803991221/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Disappearing Uncle</a> is a journey of discovery that explores the complicated dance between the present and the past.For further information about Kathy Henderson, click <a href="https://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowships/kathy-henderson/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. IMAGE: book cover (detail)This event is free, but in order to help us continue our activities, a donation of at least £5 per booking would be hugely appreciated. To donate, click <a href="https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org/support-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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