Sat., November 7, 2009, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. aat the Creutzburg Center of the Main Line School Night, 260 Gulf Creek Rd., Radnor PA 19087. Phyllis Helene Mattson, author of War Orphan in San Francisco (details on this home page), will present an illustrated talk on her experiences dealing with a new country and new language after arrival, alone, on the last Kindertransport (Austria to the U.S.)$35.00 To register, call 610-687-8201 or email info@mainlineschoolnight.org . .

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, 4 p.m. at the Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., Phila. Joanne Silver will be guest speaker at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival's screening of Two Lives Plus One, the charming story of a devoted mother's midlife crisis and her challenge to tradition when she created a publishing career for herself. $10, with discounts for students & seniors. For more information or to order tickets online, visit www.pjff.org.

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, 4:30 p.m. at West Chester University, Special Collections Room, 615 F. H. Greene Library. Joanne Silver will speak on "Courage and Transformation: The Human Thing to Do."Ms. Silver, through narration and video clips, will illustrate how ordinary people became extraordinary through individual and collective actions during WW II. References for further study and a list of survivors available as speakers will be shared. Question and answer period will include exploring the universality of these examples. Sponsored by the Dept. of Languages and Cultures & the Dept. of Holocaust and Genocide Studies

July 2-4, 2009 At the annual AATF Conference in San Jose, CA, three sessions were presented by Philadelphia Chapter members: Joanne Silver--"Le Chambon-sur-Lignon & Other Miracles: The Kindness of Strangers"; Barbara P. Barnett--"Lucie Aubrac, Héroïne de la Résistance; Sister Mary Helen Kashuba--"Building Interpersonal Communication in Advanced French Classes."

April 30, 2009 Joanne Silver was decorated Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques. This award of the French government, equivalent to knighthood and established by Napoleon Bonaparte, recognizes outstanding scholarship and achievement in promoting French culture and language. The Ambassador of France to the United States Pierre Vimont conferred the award at a ceremony at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Honorary guests included Catherine Pétillon, Education Attachée at the Embassy in Washington DC, and Michael Scullin, Esq., Honorary Consul of France in Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 6:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, 300 South 18th St., Philadelphia PA Judi Olga Cahorn, author of The Incredible Walk: The True Story of My Parents' Escape from Nazi-Occupied France, visits from Canada to give an illustrated talk on her book. Learn of the unimaginable perils and hardships that were met with courage and dignity, the betrayals and helping hands along the way, and the surprise ending that led to the writing of this book. Followed by Q & A and book signing. (no charge) Call 215-735-5283 to reserve.

SAVE THE DATES--more information later: Saturday, April 25, 2009 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Creutzburg Center of the Main Line School Night, 260 Gulf Creek Rd., Radnor PA 19087. Ruth Kapp Hartz (Your Name is Renée: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story as a Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France) and Judi Olga Cahorn (The Incredible Walk) will give illustrated talks on their books. Book signings will follow. Session LH61207, $35. Saturday, April 4, 2009 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Creutzburg Center of the Main Line School Night, 260 Gulf Creek Rd., Radnor PA 19087. Fernande Davis will give an illustrated talk on her book, Girl in the Belgian Resistance: A Wakeful Eye in the Underground. A book signing will follow. LH61151, $35. Both sessions, LH61212, $65 Reserve in person or by mail (address above), by phone 610-687-8201, or at www.mainlineschoolnight.org

Saturday, March 7, 2009, 10am-12:30pm AATF-Houston Spring Teacher Training Workshop Teaching the Holocaust: La France, la Shoah et la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale Lone Star College-CyFair (Cypress, TX) To register for this event: http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/152214

January 24, 2009 Important and interesting program, "Immigration in France," by Michael Kline, at 9 a.m. at Immaculata University. For complimentary DVD, register by Jan. 10. $10 for non-AATF members. See flyer for further details. IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION IN FRANCE pdf

October 24, 2008 Joanne Silver is notified that she was named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques. The Palmes académiques, established in 1808 by Napoléon Bonaparte, recognizes those who have advanced the cause of French culture, education and the arts, and is awarded to those who have actively contributed to the expansion of French culture throughout the world. It is the most prestigious honor a scholar or academician can receive from the French Government.

September 27, 2008 9:30-12 noon, at Germantown Academy's Braun Hall: Fernande K. Davis will speak in French, followed by Emily Z. Wagner's pedagogical presentation using Madame Davis's book and DVD, and a book-signing. Refreshments will be served. Free to local AATF members, or $10. To register, email emily.wagner@germantownacademy.org. GIRL IN THE BELGIAN RESISTANCE: A Wakeful Eye in the Underground Speaking out on “the way it was” printable pdf

July 16-18, 2008 Liège, Belgium Visit BLP's booth and attend their publisher's session at the annual convention of the AATF.

March 13, 2008 University of Delaware: Manager Joanne Silver and filmmaker/author Barbara Barnett responded to the invitation of AATF Regional Representative Alice Cataldi by conducting a workshop on materials and techniques for teaching a unit on World War II and the Holocaust.

March 1, 2008 New York City: BLP exhibited at the annual "Gala" of the Metropolitan Chapter of the AATF.

October 19-20, 2007 PSMLA, Crowne Plaza Valley Forge, 260 Mall Blvd., King of Prussia, PA.

July 12-15, 2007 80th Annual AATF Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

April 12-14, 2007 Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, Las Vegas, NV. Barbara P. Barnett will present "Resistance and Collaboration in Vichy France; Joanne S. Silver and Barbara P. Barnett will co-present "La France dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale : Histoire et Mémoires."

March 14, 2007 Lucie Aubrac, 94, hero of French Resistance during World War II, dies in Paris.

February 2007 Barbara P. Barnett is named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, the French government's highest honor for educational and cultural work.

Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in Rosemont College's beautiful Main Building, nicknamed "the château." Talk and book signing by Lynn H. Miller, co-author of French Philadelphia: The French Cultural & Historical Presence in the Delaware Valley.

October 17th and 18th, 2006 the Consulate General of France in Atlanta, GA and the American Jewish Committee will present Ruth Hartz, a graduate of the Sorbonne University in Paris, a long time French teacher and Holocaust educator in the U.S. Her childhood experience as a hidden child is the subject of the book Your Name Is Renée by Stacy Cretzmeyer, [distributed by Beach Lloyd Publishers]. Ruth Hartz is a dedicated speaker on the subject of the Holocaust, tolerance, prejudice and discrimination. BLP a publié Tu t'appelles Renée, la version française de son histoire.

MLAPV conference, October 14, 2006 Beach Lloyd Publishers, LLC will exhibit with its most recent titles, and show the video (in French with English subtitles) Faces of the Holocaust: Marcel Jabelot, by executive producer Barbara P. Barnett.

October 2006 Faces of the Holocaust: Marcel Jabelot, the book and the DVD, and War Orphan in San Francisco by Phyllis Helene Mattson are now sold in the shop of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Summer 2006 Au Revoir les enfants, the text edition distributed by BLP, is adopted at Westtown School and The Agnes Irwin School. Visages de la Shoah: Marcel Jabelot, the book and the DVD, are adopted at J. P. McCaskey High School.

July 5-8, 2006, Milwaukee: 79th annual convention of the AATF. Joanne S. Silver and Barbara P. Barnett will give a sixty-minute publisher's session entitled La France dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale: Histoire et Mémoires. In March 2006, Barbara P. Barnett, author and filmmaker, interviewed Lucie Aubrac- leader of the French Resistance- for the second time in March 2006. Barnett's book Faces of the Holocaust: Marcel Jabelot, the moving story of one French Holocaust survivor, was published by Beach Lloyd in both French and English, and the video is also available from BLP.

SPRING 2006: NEW TITLES From Italy: Au revoir, les enfants by Louis Malle, script with student activities From Paris: La France dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale by Gérard Vial, a superb chronology and summary of the important events of WWII

April 30, 2006, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont, PA book talk and signing

April 6, 2006, At Philadelphia's Constitution Center a joint program with the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.

March 28-29, 2006, Friends Academy in Locust Valley, NY book talk and signing

March 1st, 2006: The 22-page Teacher Packet will be available by clicking here.

February 16, 2006: The family of Armand Idrac sent the sad message that he passed away in Caen. This gentleman, so full of life, will be missed by all who knew him.

October 30, 2005: Simone Veil, Présidente, La Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah