5 September, 1972. 4.30 a.m. The Munich Olympic Village. Black September, a group of Palestinian terrorists, break into the Israeli team’s apartments. It is the beginning of the most tragic event in Olympic history and, after twenty hours, the day will end in a massacre, with the deaths of eleven Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman.

This is the story of the race-walker Shaul Ladany: a survivor. But more than just a member of the Israeli team from those terrible events in Munich, Ladany was a survivor of the darkest period in twentieth century history, having been interred as a child at the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, the camp where Anne Frank died. For the second time in his life, Ladany has survived history. 
For the full brief of the book, click here.

Join us at Kent House on Thursday 12th May, at 6:30pm, 50 years after that
tragic night, as we welcome Award-winning author and journalist Andrea
Schiavon, who wrote Five Rings and One Star and Shaul Ladany, who will be
joining via Zoom straight from Israel, as they share Shaul’s story and their work
together on this book.

Thursday 12th May
6:30pm - Talk by Shaul Ladany and Andrea Schiavon
7:30pm - Q&A followed by some nibbles

The book Five Rings and One Star will be on sale during the event, at £10 per copy, and we'll accept both cash and card.  

As always, we'd never exclude anyone on financial grounds, do let us know in confidence, and we'd be happy to talk.