Stone on stone. My 400-year-old Danish Jewish roots

With her own family as a guide, Hanne Foighel follows Danish Jewish life for 400 years until 2022. Hanne can trace her family back 11 generations and the first Heckscher from Altona is allowed to settle in Copenhagen in 1727. In the 1800th century, the family is a part of the wealthy Danish Jewish bourgeoisie, which in the early 1900s was rapidly assimilated. At the same time, around 3000 Jews fleeing pogroms and poverty in Eastern Europe settle in Copenhagen. Among them later tax minister Isi Foighel's grandparents, the author's great-grandparents.

Hanne Foighel has written a book based on her own family, as an example of the great story, told at eye level.

The book was published on 6 October 2022, it has been published by the Danish Jewish Museum as part of the marking of 400 years of Jewish life in Denmark.

The book can be bought for the lecture, but only mobile pay is accepted.

Time: March 7, 2023, at 18:30

Location: Blixen, Den Sorte Diamant, Søren Kirkegaard plads 1, KBH

Price: Free for members. NOK 80 for non-members.

Book your place here: https://sdjh.nemtilmeld.dk/22/

The lecture is held in collaboration between the Society for Danish Jewish History and the Danish Jewish Museum.