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Film Screening: Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

at Guild Hall | Sun Nov 20

Location

Guild Hall

158 Main Street
East Hampton, NY 11937
(Map)
Tel: 631-324-0806
Contact Name: Lauren Baker
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Date & Time

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sun, Nov 20, 2016
Cost: Free Event
Description

Born in Brooklyn in 1911, Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946 and documented the Haganah ship Exodus in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders including Eleanor Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, and David Ben Gurion gave her unique access and insight into the modern history of the Jewish people.

Reservations encouraged: https://give.guildhall.org/publicprograms