Join us on December 7th for a special virtual Tenement Talk on Youtube Live with acclaimed historian and bestselling author David Nasaw discussing his latest book that examines the failures of the international community to resettle over one million displaced people following World War II, who refused to go home or had no homes to return to. By 1952, the Last Million were scattered around the world. As they crossed from their broken past into an unknowable future, they carried with them their wounds, their fears, their hope, and their secrets.
Mark Hetfield, the Director of HIAS, an international refugee resettlement organization, will participate in the discussion to draw comparisons with the current refugee crisis. This conversation will take place in our Epstein family apartment which tells the story of a family who came to the US through HIAS after surviving the Holocaust.
While this program is free, you can donate to support future programming from the Tenement Museum here.
This program will continue to be available on our Youtube channel following the LIVE screening.