Saved by Schindler with Author William B. Friedricks

Saved by Schindler recounts the incredible story of one of the few remaining living survivors of the Holocaust, Celina Karp Biniaz. The author, William B. Friedricks, will share about her life, from growing up in Poland and the unimaginable horrors she endured during World War II to her life after emigrating to the United States.

The author will have copies of the book available to purchase and for signing.

William B. Friedricks is professor emeritus of history and former director of the Iowa History Center at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he taught for thirty-three years. His first book, Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of Southern California, won the Historical Society of Southern California’s Donald Pflueger Award for the outstanding book on Southern California history. Since then, he has written eight books focusing on Iowa topics, including histories of the Des Moines Register, the Iowa State Fair’s Blue Ribbon Foundation, and several biographies. He was the recipient of Humanities Iowa’s Iowa History Prize. Friedricks lives with his wife Jackie in West Des Moines.

This program ties in with our 2024 All Urbandale Reads book, "The Nightingale," but reading the book is not required. 
 

All Urbandale Reads is a “one book, one community” reading initiative that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book. The goal of All Urbandale Reads is to unite the community and promote literacy through one inspiring read. Click here to learn more about this initiative and to see a list of past titles. 
 

All Urbandale Reads reading material and programming funded by the Urbandale Public Library Foundation.