This evening at the Holocaust Centre in Wellington, NZ.
So many people came to hear the presentation that extra chairs had to be brought into the room.
The issue of restitution of property resonated strongly with the audience. Several people told me that their families had lost property, in various countries across Europe, which they still hoped one day to recover.
This evening I participated in a presentation and discussion at Caulfield Hebrew Congregation about my book and the issue of post Holocaust restitution.
Australia has the highest number of Holocaust survivors per capita in the world – outside of Israel – with some 3,000 survivors living in Melbourne. Naturally there was great interest in this topic.
A lovely review by Christine Langteau in the August edition of the Reporter, the newspaper of the LAPA.
Ms. Langteau is clearly well aware that there is much unfinished business where Nazi stolen property is concerned. She writes:
Gold’s journalist background enables her to provide a rich review of a prominent family before World War 2, the building it owned, and the ordeal it took to get it back. Her detailed and extensive coverage of the trail leading to recovery comments on the suffering of the Jewish people under the hands of the Nazis. Stolen Legacy is another important story illuminating the extent of the theft of extraordinary property.
I was interviewed in the Main Hall at Waverley Library, Bondi Junction where the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival held a full day of events.
New Zealand author Julie Thomas took the chair for my session and then I answered questions from an extremely engaged audience.
This morning I was interviewed by Ellen Fanning for “Life Matters” ahead of the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, which begins at the weekend.