Wells Maltings Trust – Address Unknown Book Reading – HMD 2026

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Activity type: Public activity

Organisation name: Wells Maltings Tust

Website: https://www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/holocaust-memorial-2026-address-unknown-with-simon-daykin-jeremy-brettingham-and-jim-ring/

Address:
Wells Maltings
Staithe Street
Wells-next-the-Sea
Norfolk
NR23 1AN
United Kingdom

Step into a world on the brink of darkness. Two lifelong friends—one Jewish, one German—exchange letters across continents as the rise of Nazism casts a long shadow over Europe. What begins as warm correspondence soon spirals into betrayal, heartbreak, and chilling consequences.

Kathrine Kressmann Taylor’s bestselling novel ADDRESS UNKNOWN was first published in 1939 as a gripping narrative told through letters: a timeless warning about prejudice and moral compromise.

This powerful reading brings to life one of the most haunting and prescient stories of the 20th century—a tale of friendship fractured by ideology, and the devastating cost of silence.

Simon Daykin and Jeremy Brettingham voice the respective letters of friends and business partners Max Eisenstein and Martin Schulse, followed by a discussion on the work chaired by Jim Ring.

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