BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 RDATE:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 RDATE:20270328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T020000 RDATE:20280326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281029T020000 RDATE:20290325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291028T020000 RDATE:20300331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301027T020000 RDATE:20310330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311026T020000 RDATE:20320328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20321031T020000 RDATE:20330327T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20331030T020000 RDATE:20340326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20341029T020000 RDATE:20350325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20351028T020000 RDATE:20360330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20361026T020000 RDATE:20370329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20251014T191500 RDATE:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 RDATE:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000 RDATE:20271031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280326T030000 RDATE:20281029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290325T030000 RDATE:20291028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300331T030000 RDATE:20301027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310330T030000 RDATE:20311026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20320328T030000 RDATE:20321031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20330327T030000 RDATE:20331030T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20340326T030000 RDATE:20341029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20350325T030000 RDATE:20351028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20360330T030000 RDATE:20361026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9beb90bcb1ddd41c9b20cfe2ac44fa28 CATEGORIES:AWCH Calendar CREATED:20260916T155746 SUMMARY:Book Club: The Director LOCATION:Landesfrauenrat\, Grindelallee 43 DESCRIPTION:This month we will be reading\nThe Director\nby Daniel Kehlman (translator Ross Benjamin)\n \nDaniel Kehlmann, the finest German writer of his generat ion, takes on the life\nof the eminent film director G.W. Pabst to weave a tragicomic historical\nfantasia that stretches from Hollywood to Nazi Germa ny, from Garbo to\nGoebbels, to show how even a great artist can make, and be unmade by, moral\ncompromises with evil. A dazzling performance and a re al page\nturner.”  (Salman Rushdie)\nG.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest d irectors of the 20th century, was filming in\nFrance when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and\nunrecognizable Germany, he fle d to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California\nsun, the world-famo us director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo,\nthe Hollyw ood actress whom he made famous, can help him. \nWhen he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his\nhomeland of Austr ia, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son\nare su ddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. \nSo, when Joseph  Goebbels—the minister of propaganda in Berlin—sees the potential for using the\nEuropean film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his\nfamily, Pabst must consider Goebbels’s thinly veiled orde r. \nWhile Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advanc es, that he will not submit to any\ndictatorship other than art, he has alr eady taken the first steps into a hopeless\nentanglement. (Summit Books)\nS &S/Summit Books, 2025, 352 pp\nWe hope that you will join us to dis cuss this highly praised novel.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This month we will be reading
The Director
by Daniel Kehlman (translator Ross Benjamin)

 Visual The Director

Daniel Kehlmann, the fi nest German writer of his generation, takes on the life
of the eminent fil m director G.W. Pabst to weave a tragicomic historical
fantasia that stret ches from Hollywood to Nazi Germany, from Garbo to
Goebbels, to show how e ven a great artist can make, and be unmade by, moral
< strong>compromises with evil . A dazzling performance and a real page
turner.”  (Salman Rushd ie)

G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in
France when the Nazis seized power. To esc ape the horrors of the new and
u nrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding Ca lifornia
sun, the world-famous d irector suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo,
the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. 

When he receive s word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his< br />homeland of Austria, which is now calle d Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son
are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regim e.

So, when Joseph Goebbels—the minister of propaganda in Berl in—sees the potential for using the
European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his
family, Pabst mus t consider Goebbels’s thinly veiled order.

While Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not sub mit to any
dictatorship other th an art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless
entanglement. (Summit Books)

S&amp;S/Summit Books, 2025, 352 pp

We hope that you will join us to discuss this highly praised novel.

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