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Karl M. von der Heyden – from Berlin to New York

Book Presentation (video recording available, in German)

In From Berlin to New York, von der Heyden describes his experiences as a child and youth in war-torn Germany and his journey to the USA, where he began studying at Duke University in 1957 and rose to the boardrooms of Pepsi and Dreamworks. It is the moving story of a man who is only able to consider the entanglements of his own family with Nazism from a distance and who, at the same time, embraces life in a new world full of courage and excitement at all the discoveries to be made.

recording available

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

Karl M. von der Heyden presents his book From Berlin to New York, 29 August 2019. Jewish Museum Berlin 2019

“Karl von der Heyden has packed two captivating biographies into one. ... A book you can’t put down.”

W. Michael Blumenthal

The author presents his book in an interview with radio presenter Knut Elstermann.

In cooperation with be.bra publishers, the American Academy in Berlin and Bard College Berlin

Book cover: Karl M. von der Heyden, Von Berlin nach New York (From Berlin to New York)

Bookcover; be.bra verlag

Where, when, what?

  • When29 Aug 2019
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
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