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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I just wanted to send a first and last reminder about our History Speaker Series event, running next Tuesday at 7pm, 5 February at the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">John M. Harper Branch of the Waterloo Public Library (500 Fischer Hallman Road, at Laurelwood Drive).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">You can find details on the WPL’s site as well at
<a href="https://www.wpl.ca/your-library/about/news/article/meet-author-megan-koreman-feb-5">
https://www.wpl.ca/your-library/about/news/article/meet-author-megan-koreman-feb-5</a>. You can register there. Seats are going quickly (it’s a warm building!).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Megan Koreman will be discussing her recent book,
<i><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-escape-line-9780190662271?cc=ca&lang=en&">The Escape Line: How the Ordinary Heroes of Dutch-Paris Resisted the Nazi Occupation of Western Europe</a></i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Talk abstract</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Between 1942 and 1945, a resistance network known as the Dutch-Paris Line smuggled Dutch Jews and others targeted by the Nazis south into France, via Paris, and then to Switzerland. This network
eventually grew to include 300 people, expanding its reach into Spain. Led by Jean Weidner, a Dutch businessman living in France, they became one of the most effective resistance groups of the Second World War. In addition to Jews, those it helped escape the
clutches of the Nazis included resistance fighters, political foes, Allied airmen, and young men looking to get to London to enlist. As the need grew more desperate, so did the bravery of those who rose to meet it. Using recently declassified archives, The
Escape Line tells the story of the Dutch-Paris and the thousands of people it saved during World War II.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">All the best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ian</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ian Milligan</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
Associate Professor<br>
Department of History, Faculty of Arts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">University of Waterloo</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">200 University Avenue West</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://ianmilligan.ca">http://ianmilligan.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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