BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20140501T233000Z DTEND:20140502T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Let?s Talk About Germany: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall DESCRIPTION:Join German historian Anette Isaacs\, as she presents a historical and political overview of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. It has been almost 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall an insurmountable icon of the Cold War. With its rise on August 13th 1961\, the course of German history\, and especially Berlin history\, took an inconceivable turn. It would take over 28 years later on November 9th\, 1989 to tear down this cruel and inhuman symbol of Germany's division\, thus giving birth to yet another period in this European nation's evolution. Executive Director Nicholle Dombrowski says\, "Ms. Isaacs' brings a unique perspective and experience to the discussion of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. After you hear her speak of the historical people and places of Berlin\, you will want to book a trip to see Berlin as it is today."\n\n \n\nThe event will be held Thursday\, May 1st\, 2014 at 6:30pm at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public. \n\nParking is available and generously donated by MB Financial Bank at Western & Gunnison. \n\nDANK Haus is located block north from the CTA Western Brown Line stop\, where a piece of the Berlin Wall resides.\n\n \n\nAbout Anette Isaacs\n\nA true cosmopolitan\, German born and raised Anette Isaacs did her graduate work at Emory University\, the University of Vienna\, and at the Free University in Berlin. She holds master's degrees in American Studies\, Political Science\, and History. Since 1998\, she has been working as Director Germany for New York based Group IST\, running\, and organizing all German IST/Road Scholar programs (formerly Elderhostel). In her capacity as academic director\, she created a number of successful seminars\, programs\, and lectures introducing her native country Germany to thousands of tourists. An avid opera lover\, she conceived the Road Scholar seminar Opera and Classical Music in Berlin\, Dresden\, and Leipzig\, which during the last ten years has ranked among the most popular programs in Road Scholar's offerings. Ms. Isaacs currently resides in Evanston\, Illinois and is a faculty member of the College of Lake County\, Harper College\, Oakton College\, and OASIS. She greatly enjoys teaching and lecturing on various German historical\, cultural\, social\, and political topics. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join German historian Anette Isaacs\, as she presents a historical and political overview of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. It has been almost 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall &ndash\; an insurmountable icon of the Cold War. With its rise on August 13th 1961\, the course of German history\, and especially Berlin history\, took an inconceivable turn. It would take over 28 years later on November 9th\, 1989 to tear down this cruel and inhuman symbol of Germany&rsquo\;s division\, thus giving birth to yet another period in this European nation&rsquo\;s evolution. Executive Director Nicholle Dombrowski says\, &ldquo\;Ms. Isaacs&rsquo\; brings a unique perspective and experience to the discussion of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. After you hear her speak of the historical people and places of Berlin\, you will want to book a trip to see Berlin as it is today.&rdquo\;
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\nThe event will be held Thursday\, May 1st\, 2014 at 6:30pm at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.
\nParking is available and generously donated by MB Financial Bank at Western &\; Gunnison.
\nDANK Haus is located ½\; block north from the CTA Western Brown Line stop\, where a piece of the Berlin Wall resides.
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\nAbout Anette Isaacs
\nA true cosmopolitan\, German born and raised Anette Isaacs did her graduate work at Emory University\, the University of Vienna\, and at the Free University in Berlin. She holds master&rsquo\;s degrees in American Studies\, Political Science\, and History. Since 1998\, she has been working as Director Germany \;for New York based Group IST\, \;running\, and organizing all German IST/Road Scholar \;programs (formerly Elderhostel). In her capacity as academic director\, she created a number of successful seminars\, programs\, and lectures introducing her native country Germany to thousands of tourists. An avid opera lover\, she conceived the \;Road Scholar \;seminar Opera and Classical Music in Berlin\, Dresden\, and Leipzig\, which during the last ten years has ranked among the most popular programs \;in \;Road Scholar'\;s \;offerings. Ms. Isaacs currently resides in Evanston\, Illinois and \;is a faculty member of the College of Lake County\, Harper College\, Oakton College\, and OASIS. She greatly enjoys teaching and lecturing on various German historical\, cultural\, social\, and political topics.
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