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Ordinary People, Turbulent Times by Alice Goldstein

Holocaust survivor Alice (Dreifuss) Goldstein will give a PowerPoint presentation about her book Ordinary People, Turbulent Times at the Riverside Library, 475 Bullocks Point Avenue, Riverside, RI 02915 on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:00PM.  A Research Associate at Brown University’s Population Studies and Training Center for 25 years, Ms. Goldstein has published widely on demographic studies and contemporary American Jewry.  Ordinary People, Turbulent Times is her first publication about her own family.

Life was good and promising to get ever better for the recently married Dreifuss couple and their young daughter, Alice, living in rural southwest Germany.  Then Hitler came to power, and their world turned upside down.  Even as a small child, Ms. Goldstein felt the impact of Nazi anti-Semitism.  Her story ultimately shows how strength of spirit and faith enabled her family to remain optimistic and resilient during their struggle to leave Germany and to make new lives for themselves in America.  Last summer, after her book was translated into German, Ms. Goldstein returned to her hometown where she engaged in discussions with a village still trying to come to terms with its past.  Join us for this important program, an eye-witness account of the Holocaust.  Ordinary People, Turbulent Times will be available for sale and signing.  This program is free and open to all.  Questions?  Contact Adult Services Librarian Joyce May at 435-1986 or jmay@eplib.org.