CRS Book Club: “I Seek A Kind Person” by Julian Borger
Thursday, October 9, 2025 • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
I Seek A Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust by Julian Borger
Journalist Julian Borger uncovers a hidden piece of his family’s history: an advert placed in 1938 by his grandfather, seeking someone to save his son—Borger’s father—from the Nazis. Starting with just that ad, Borger traces the extraordinary stories of several Jewish children who escaped Vienna through the kindness of strangers. This moving account blends personal discovery with a powerful exploration of survival, secrecy, and inherited trauma.
CRS Book Club gathers on a Thursday each month at 7:00 PM to discuss books (fiction and non-fiction, plays, and poetry) written by Jewish authors or that have a Jewish theme. See a book that interests you? Read it and join us for the discussion! Learn more about CRS Book Club here.
I Seek A Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust by Julian Borger
Journalist Julian Borger uncovers a hidden piece of his family’s history: an advert placed in 1938 by his grandfather, seeking someone to save his son—Borger’s father—from the Nazis. Starting with just that ad, Borger traces the extraordinary stories of several Jewish children who escaped Vienna through the kindness of strangers. This moving account blends personal discovery with a powerful exploration of survival, secrecy, and inherited trauma.
CRS Book Club gathers on a Thursday each month at 7:00 PM to discuss books (fiction and non-fiction, plays, and poetry) written by Jewish authors or that have a Jewish theme. See a book that interests you? Read it and join us for the discussion! Learn more about CRS Book Club here.
