Event Name

The Great Debate, 1939�1941: How Harry Warner, Ernst Toller, and Alvin York Helped Win �The Great Debate� for American Interventionists

Time

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

The Jewish Museum of Maryland
15 Lloyd Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

Description

Ken Sutak, author of Cinema Judaica: The War Years, will explore how three unexpected men influenced the outcome World War II. Harry Warner, president of Warner Bros, Ernst Toller émigré Prussian-Jewish playwright and Alvin York, the immortal Sergeant York of WW I fame, who later became the most important interventionist spokesperson during �The Great Debate.� These three men were in the forefront of those who managed to change popular American opinion regarding World War II and help prepare the country for war.

url

jewishmuseummd.org