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PPHS Flyer
Flyer May 4, 2019

Community LifeAwards & HeritagePotrero CanyonMinutes

Author Donna Rifkind discusses her book about Salka Viertel, a screenwriter and refugee advocate in Hollywood's Golden Age who helped arrange passage and employment for Jewish and anti-fascist refugees fleeing Nazi Europe. The event features Rifkind, a longtime book reviewer for major publications, discussing Viertel's life as an immigrant artist who became best friends with Greta Garbo and hosted influential European intellectuals at her Santa Monica Canyon home.