‘Born Survivors’ with Wendy Holden and Eva Clarke
Wendy Holden, author of Born Survivors, in conversation with Eva Clarke, one of the ‘miracle babies’ of the Holocaust
Austrian Cultural Forum - London
24 November at 7pm
Book presentation at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London
The Austrian Cultural Forum in London will host Wendy Holden, author of the international bestselling book Born Survivors, in conversation with 81-year-old Eva Clarke, one of the ‘miracle babies’ of the Holocaust.
Eva was born in April 1945 at the gates of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria weighing just 3lbs. Her mother weighed 70lbs at full term. Wendy, a former Daily Telegraph war correspondent, will explain how she came across their story and that of two other young mothers who hid their pregnancies from the Nazis.
The pair have spoken multiple times on radio and television, in schools and universities, cathedrals, synagogues, and Holocaust museums around the world, as well as to the House of Lords, the US Senate, ambassadors, government ministers, and European royalty. The story of the ‘miracle babies’, as told in Born Survivors, has recently been optioned for an eight-part, dramatised television series, and was featured on a 60Minutes programme in the US, getting more than 15 million views.