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Film Screening: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne

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October 22, 2015
12:00PM - 1:00PM
1005 Smith Lab

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Add to Calendar 2015-10-22 12:00:00 2015-10-22 13:00:00 Film Screening: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne Time: 6 p.m. Event Host: World War II Study Program, Department of History, David Steigerwald Short Description: The World War II Study Program, with the support of the Department of History and the College of Arts & Humanities is happy to present an exclusive screening of 2015 Emmy Award winning "The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne," the story of Augusta Chiwy, an Afro-Belgian woman training as a nurse who volunteered to care for the wounded in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The World War II Study Program, the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences present an exclusive screening of 2015 Emmy Award winning The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne, the story of Augusta Chiwy, an Afro-Belgian woman training as a nurse who volunteered to care for the wounded in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. Chiwy went unrecognized until recently, when historian Martin King discovered her living in obscurity in Brussels. Q&A with King and documentary film maker Mike Edwards to follow. Visit the Department of History for more or contact David Steigerwald at steigerwald.2@osu.edu. 1005 Smith Lab College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: 6 p.m.
Event Host: World War II Study Program, Department of History, David Steigerwald
Short Description: The World War II Study Program, with the support of the Department of History and the College of Arts & Humanities is happy to present an exclusive screening of 2015 Emmy Award winning "The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne," the story of Augusta Chiwy, an Afro-Belgian woman training as a nurse who volunteered to care for the wounded in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.


The World War II Study Program, the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences present an exclusive screening of 2015 Emmy Award winning The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne, the story of Augusta Chiwy, an Afro-Belgian woman training as a nurse who volunteered to care for the wounded in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. Chiwy went unrecognized until recently, when historian Martin King discovered her living in obscurity in Brussels. Q&A with King and documentary film maker Mike Edwards to follow. 

Visit the Department of History for more or contact David Steigerwald at steigerwald.2@osu.edu.

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