Event details
Oct
9
FPUL Small Talk with Tilar J. Mazzeo: “Espionage and the Archives: Diaries of Count Ciano”
On Wednesday, October 9, the Friends of PUL will be joined by Tilar Mazzeo, New York Times bestselling author of “Sisters in Resistance,” an exhilarating story about how three women risked their lives to ensure that the diaries of Galeazzo Ciano made it into the hands of the Allies during World War II. Ciano, the son-in-law of Benito Mussolini, and his foreign minister, began keeping diaries about Hitler’s inner circle in 1939, and used them to express his disgust of the Nazis and to capture “the political squabbles” between men like Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels. The efforts of his wife - Mussolini’s daughter, a spy sent by the Germans who became his lover, and the wife of an American banker saved the manuscripts for posterity. The diaries were ultimately used as evidence against the Nazis in the Nuremberg trials.
Current Friends of PUL members are invited to attend in person. Registration is required.
The presentation will also be available by Zoom.
Please select the appropriate registration type below. Due to limited capacity, membership status will be checked after registration.
Current Friends of PUL members are invited to attend in person. Registration is required.
The presentation will also be available by Zoom.
Please select the appropriate registration type below. Due to limited capacity, membership status will be checked after registration.
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