Hailed by _The New Yorker_ as “among the most compelling documents
to come out of the war,” _From Day to Day_ is a World War II
concentration camp diary - one of only a handful ever translated into
English - secretly written by Odd Nansen, a Norwegian. Arrested in
January 1942, Nansen, son of polar explorer and humanitarian Fridtjof
Nansen (Nobel Peace Prize, 1922), was held captive for the duration of
the war in various Nazi camps in Norway and Germany. This inspiring
diary brilliantly illuminates Nansen’s daily struggle, not only to
survive, but to preserve his sanity and maintain his humanity. TIMOTHY
BOYCE learned about the out-of-print diary while reading a memoir
written by Thomas Buergenthal, a 10 year-old Jewish boy whose life was
saved by Nansen while both were prisoners in Sachsenhausen.Through
selected readings, Boyce will explain who Nansen was, why he was
arrested, why he wrote the diary, how he preserved it, and why this
diary is as important today as it was when first written._ Book
signing to follow._
S_ponsored by the Pearl W. and Martin M. Silverstein Foundation
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_Timothy Boyce practiced law in CT and NC for many years, most
recently serving as the Managing Partner of the Charlotte office of
Dechert LLP, a global law firm with offices in 13 countries. He holds
an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Finance, and a J.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School. He received a B.S. from
Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Mr. Boyce, who
currently lives in Tryon, NC with his wife Tara, two horses, two dogs,
two cats and almost 5,000 books, retired in 2014 to devote full time
to writing.
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