talks and events


future talks already booked - others are in the pipeline


2026


Tuesday 20 January 2026, 7.30pm



Boston Spa, UK

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust arranged by Women of Wharfedale.

Venue: The Methodist Church. Non-members welcome.

Thursday 22 January 2026, 2pm

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust as part of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Venue: Bewick Hall, City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 8AX.

For more information and free tickets click: In the Footsteps of the Holocaust: The Story and Letters of a German Jewish Tickets, Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

Monday 13 April 2026

Bonn, Germany

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust arranged by Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.

Details soon.

Tuesday 14 April 2026

Düsseldorf, Germany

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust arranged by Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.

Details soon.

Wednesday 15 April 2026

Essen, Germany

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust arranged by Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.

Details soon.

Thursday 16 April 2026, 20h

Münster, Germany

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust arranged by Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.

Volkshochschule Münster, Aegidiimarkt 70, 48143

Sunday 19 April 2026, 11.00am

Cologne, Germany

Talk and book signing of In the Footsteps of the Holocaust

Host: Jawne Salon, Cologne.

Details soon.


Tuesday 19 May 2026, 7.30pm

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Talk: Ethel Chapple (née Fryer) in Tuck Hill, Wyken and Worfield 1879-1936  from the forthcoming book.

Host: Shropshire Family History Society
Details soon.

Some highlights from 2025


6 - 10 February

Talks at civic events organised by the City of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and at events organised by the Cäcilienschule of Wilhelmshaven to commemorate the laying of Stolpersteine.


4 June

Private event arranged by the German Embassy in London and the Wiener Holocaust Library at an evening to honour Herbert Sulzbach.


30 July

Talk in French in Arette, France, as part of a programme of talks on the French Basque Barétous Valley.


8 August

Talk in Brighton as part of The Literary Lunch series arranged by  Friends of St Michael's.


13 September

Talk in Worfield, near Bridgnorth, as part of an event: Glimpses of Worfield in the 20th Century, taken from the forthcoming book.


16 September

Two talks as part of Heritage Open Day Celebrations at The Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Winchester.


22 - 25 September

Talks about the Holocaust with senior students at schools in Aurich, Wilhelmshaven and Jever in Germany - group sizes between 30 and 200 students.



media

 

publications in journals

 

'Trust, Reconciliation and Friendship: Herbert Sulzbach 1894 – 1985', in Humanitas, the Journal of the George Bell Institute. Volume 9. Number 2. Published April 2008.

 

'Reconciliation and the work of Herbert Sulzbach (1894 Frankfurt – 1985 London)', in Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History. Volume 25. Issue 1. Published 2012 .


'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' in Shropshire Family History Society. Journal 46, Part  1. Published March 2025.

 

 

radio programmes and press

 

19.10.2009 'Leben'. SWR 2. Ingrid Leifgen and Eduard Hoffmann.

 

05.05.2010 'Da haben wir gelernt, was Demokratie ist'. Deutschlandradio. Ingrid Leifgen and Eduard Hoffmann.

 

11.05.2010 'Der Geist von Featherstone. Kulturtransfer im Kriegsgefangenenlager'. WDR5 'Neugier genügt'. Ingrid Leifgen and Eduard Hoffmann.


26.10.2021 'In search of the history of their grandparents' . Interview by Lukas Iben for Radio Jade:  Click here to listen at: www.radio-jade.de/?s=Hepburn.


26.10.2021 'Tracking down Jewish grandparents in Jever'. Interview by Atto Ide, published in NWZ (Nordwest Zeitung). Click here to read article


27.10.2021 'The fate of Jewish women is often hidden'. Interview by Kim-Christin Hibbeler, published in Jeversches Wochenblatt. Click here to read article.