Author Event - Marion Seidemann Fredman
Wed, Jul 01
|The Book Loft Oak Park
Join us to meet author Fredman along with her conversation partner Carla Sorey-Reed. As they discuss Fredman's "A Time to Hide" A Powerful True Story of Holocaust Survival Copies of her book will be available for sales and signature at the event.
Time & Location
Jul 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Book Loft Oak Park, 1047 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301, USA
About the event
A Time to Hide explains Holocaust survival told through personal testimony, historical photographs, and evocative new illustrations.
A Time to Hide by Marion Seidemann Fredman (The Collective Book Studio/March 2026) is an extraordinary book based on the true story of love, loss, and resilience during World War 2.
For readers 9 and up, Fredman, born while her parents were in hiding during the Holocaust, tells her story through firsthand testimony, rare photographs, and evocative new illustrations, this moving nonfiction children’s book brings to life experiences of a family who survived the Holocaust while in hiding—and the miracle of a child born in secrecy.
When Grete and Julius fled Nazi Germany, they never imagined they would spend years hidden in a Dutch attic. During that time, their daughter Marion was born—a moment of hope and light amid the danger. Now, decades later, Marion shares her family’s remarkable story.
Her conversation partner…