Fritz Ascher Society
DEAR MISS PERKINS.
A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany
Book talk by Rebecca Brenner Graham, Ph.D.
ONLINE
VA, United States
Perkins’s early experiences working in Chicago’s famed Hull House, and as a firsthand witness to the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist fire, shaped her determination to advocate for immigrants and refugees. As Secretary of Labor, she wrestled with widespread antisemitism and isolationism, finding creative ways to work around quotas and restrictive immigration laws. Diligent, resilient, empathetic, yet steadfast, she persisted on behalf of the desperate when others refused to act. Book talk by Rebecca Brenner Graham, Ph.D. REGISTER FOR ONLINE EVENT If you can't attend, register anyways and you will receive the link to the recording. Participating in the event enables you to ask questions and be part of the discussion following the talk. https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-B-Courtesy-Mount-Holyoke-College-Archives-and-Special-Collections-1-728x1024.jpg Frances Perkins, age four. Courtesy Mount Holyoke [...]
What If?
Presentation by Ori Z Soltes, PhD, Washington, DC
ONLINE
VA, United States
This image-rich talk by Dr. Ori Z Soltes from Georgetown University in Washington DC will consider some of the many Jewish artists destroyed by the Holocaust who had either begun or were poised to add significant threads to the tapestry of twentieth century visual art. Some are now well-known and others remain obscure—but what if artists like Charlotte Solomon and Felix Nussbaum or like Erna Dem and Fritz Taussig had survived to do more art? What additional significant contributions might they have made? Image above: Bedřich Fritta (Friedrich Taussig), Rear Entrance, Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1941–1944. India ink and wash on paper, 51 x 36.5 cm Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem. Gift of the Prague Committee for Documentation, courtesy [...]
