BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group on Zoom for the d iscussion of the book In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson. The bo ok is available at Rainy Day Books and the discussion will be led by Vivi en Jennings. All Rotarians and guests are welcome. About the book: The time is 1933\, the place\, Berlin\, when William E. Dodd becomes America ’s firsts ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a tu rning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago\, Dodd br ings along his wife\, son\, and flamboyant daughter\, Martha. At first M artha is entranced by the parties and pomp and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. But as evidence of Jewish persecution m ounts\, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony\, her father telegra phs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dod d watches with alarm as Jews are attacked\, the press is censored\, and d rafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unf olds and the shadows deepen\, the Dodd’s experience days full of exciteme nt\, intrigue\, romance\, and – ultimately – horror\, when a climactic sp asm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless a mbition. DTEND:20220119T013000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T010139Z DTSTART:20220119T003000Z LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Rotary Book Discussion Group UID:ace794c8-7cad-476c-b9cf-b286215e8b9f X-ALT-DESC:
The time is 1933\, the place\, Berlin\, when William E. Dodd bec omes America&rsquo\;s firsts ambassador to Hitler&rsquo\;s Germany in a y ear that proved to be a turning point in history. \; A mild-mannered professor from Chicago\, Dodd brings along his wife\, son\, and flamboyan t daughter\, Martha. \; At first Martha is entranced by the parties a nd pomp and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectio us enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence.&nb sp\; But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts\, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony\, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked\, the press is censored\, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. \; As that first year unfolds and the shadows de epen\, the Dodd&rsquo\;s experience days full of excitement\, intrigue\, romance\, and &ndash\; ultimately &ndash\; horror\, when a climactic spas m of violence and murder reveals Hitler&rsquo\;s true character and ruthl ess ambition.
\n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR