Elise Garibaldi, an American author, playwright, songwriter, and mother of two amazing teen boys, became an Amazon best selling author for her book "Roses in a Forbidden Garden", a historical love story about her grandparents during WWII. Elise has since returned to Bremen, Germany to present her book wide audiences including government officials, journalists, and schools. The German translation of her book launched in December 2018. Listen for Elise's return visit with us at the end to tell us about the surprise turn of events when she revisits her grandmother's hometown.

You can find her book here: https://www.elisegaribaldi.com

Roses in a Forbidden Garden is part of the educational reading list at the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and you can find notes for educators when you click on her book listed here: https://hhrecny.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Holocaust-Books-for-young-readers-1.pdf

Articles and Sponsors in English  https://sfi.usc.edu/profiles/elise-garibaldi https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn709455  https://hhrecny.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Holocaust-Books-for-young-readers-1.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10848770.2018.1449400?journalCode=cele20 https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?t=42362

Newspaper (German)

https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-stadt_artikel,-ausstellung-ueber-juedin-inge-katz-eroeffnet-_arid,1882163.html

https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-stadt_artikel,-schulzentrum-neustadt-heisst-nun-ingekatzschule-_arid,1881947.htm

Television (German)

https://www.facebook.com/butenunbinnen/videos/724135744747072/?__xts__[0]=68.ARDkaR-DJ_YEz86Rw6MpTnxC01vY8YerYSe6XjIN7vYlmFZQqNGxYpndLiuy3MSod_8pCl564RVIm98ZO1YiKdXE4mFXlNqjCV6KfZuxfvY8_vQfSYPnU-1MLtDFXTzSHj2b6HcoQ82lImluUUz6nLfV_7DHcVRxfbr-B03byPge8_4yFtAlg3ltAcC_EyeJWwAB7PTGKsk8J-_bD6ROETv_RQTRLn_YV1HnUEq1gp6szGLdgybEEOqvaM1_m1CjAYwKnPieh2yemek8Ji4VKUp0C3fO5UQW42fm5OeN5mNibUad9_eP-HdH0Qb12KVlCoiER6Jr_iwdJNadY0z7xhPcJuKObw&__tn__=H-R

Radio (Hebrew and English)

Click on the date 01.01.20, and the tab at the 10:04 mark

https://www.kan.org.il/radio/program.aspx/?progid=1212