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Anne Nelson will give a presentation on her recent book, "Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler" (Random House, 2009) at the Duke Undergraduate Symposium.

Friday, September 25 at 6 PM
Anne Nelson, "The Red Orchestra"
Slideshow, Reading and Book Signing (FREE) Seventy years ago this September, the Nazis invaded Poland, setting off the conflagration that would become the Second World War. But in the very heart of Berlin, a band of Germans and German-Americans ... (more)chose to defy the fascists, and carried out a series of daring measures of resistance -- publicizing Nazi war crimes, aiding persecuted Jews, and smuggling intelligence to the Allies. The Gestapo called them the "Red Orchestra," and among them were playwrights, actors, screenwriters -- and even a dramaturg. Come join author and playwright Anne Nelson ("The Guys") as she shares rare archival photos and tells the compelling story of the Weimar theater and film artists who were compelled to take action in the name of civil courage.