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Book launch: Escape from the Edge
November 4, 2021 at 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
| Location: | Virtual |
| Cost: | FREE |
| Audience: | Anyone |
Registration: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ImY2iGDsSratZowgKNyVAA
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The Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program, in partnership with the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University, invites you to the virtual launch of Morris Schnitzer’s memoir, Escape from the Edge, the true story of a young man on the run from the Gestapo, vowing never to end up in a concentration camp. Join us as we reflect on the significance of the memoir, engage with scholars and commentors, and view Morris Schnitzer’s video testimony.
About Escape from the Edge:
Narrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of teenager Morris Schnitzer. Fleeing from Nazi Germany before the onset of World War II, Morris ends up in the Netherlands only to watch the country be invaded by the Nazis. With his father’s warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight — and survive. As he assumes false identities and crosses endless borders in search of safety, Morris never acquiesces to the Nazi occupiers in Western Europe. In his epic journey to Escape from the Edge, Morris endures imprisonment and gruelling work as a farmhand, joins the resistance in Belgium and ultimately enlists in the American army, vowing to take revenge for all that he has lost.
About the Author:
Morris Schnitzer was born in Bochum, Germany in 1922. In 1947, he immigrated to Montreal, where he earned both a BSc and MSc at McGill University, going on to earn his PhD in 1955. In Ottawa, Morris worked at the Canadian government’s Department of Agriculture as a principal researcher in the chemistry of soil organic matter. He won the prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1995 and wrote three books and more than four hundred scientific papers over the course of his distinguished career. Morris Schnitzer passed away in Ottawa in 2020.
