Marcel's Letters: Author Talk with Carolyn Porter
During the depths of World War II, Frenchman Marcel Heuze mailed letters to his wife and three young daughters from a labor camp in Berlin. His beautiful looping cursive carried tender words of love along with testimony about his fight for survival. Sixty years later, graphic designer Carolyn Porter found his letters at an antique store in Stillwater, Minnesota and began to transform Marcel's handwriting. Carolyn Porter, author of Marcel's Letters will talk about her book and creating an award winning typeface, Marcel's font. The author's book is a finalist for the 2018 Minnesota Book Awards in non-fiction.
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Attendees will learn about a lesser known aspect of World War II history and the author's journey of finding Marcel's family and writing a book about her experience.
One response was, "thanks for planning this program. Amazing how there is always another dimension to learn about WWII. Example: French citizens, regardless of faith, were forced to work in German Labor Camps."