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Glenn Kurtz

Biography

Glenn Kurtz

Glenn Kurtz is the author of PRACTICING: A Musician’s Return to Musicand the host of “Conversations on Practice,” a series of public conversations about writing held at McNally Jackson Books in New York City. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Visit GlennKurtz.com for more information.

Glenn Kurtz

Books by Glenn Kurtz

by Glenn Kurtz - History, Jewish Interest, Nonfiction

When Glenn Kurtz stumbles upon an old family film in his parents’ closet in Florida, he has no inkling of its historical significance or of the impact it will have on his life. The film, shot long ago by his grandfather on a sightseeing trip to Europe, includes shaky footage of Paris and the Swiss Alps, with someone inevitably waving at the camera. Astonishingly, David Kurtz also captured on color 16mm film the only known moving images of the thriving, predominantly Jewish town of Nasielsk, Poland, shortly before the community’s destruction.