Monday, September 30 10:30 a.m.

THE LAST SHIPS FROM HAMBURG w/ STEVEN UJIFUSA

“Between 1881 and 1914, over ten million people crossed the Atlantic from Europe to America, the largest mass migration of people from one continent to another in human history.” Those are the words of our guest, Steven Ujifusa, from his introduction to his book “The Last Ships from Hamburg”. Over 2.5 million of these immigrants to America were Jews. A significant percentage came from Russia. Mr. Ujifusa focuses mostly on three men to tell the story: Jacob Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Company; Albert Ballin, managing director of the Hamburg-American Line shipping company; and J.P. Morgan, mastermind of the International Mercantile Marine trust. Listen on Apple Podcasts:

Since the movie is long and will be followed by a discussion, Howard Greenberg is providing lunch.

Steven Ujifusa received his BA in history from Harvard University and has a master’s degree in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. He has given presentations across the country and on the high seas and has appeared as a guest on CBS Sunday Morning and NPR. A recipient of a MacDowell Colony fellowship and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia’s Literary Award, he lives with his wife, a pediatric emergency room physician, in Philadelphia. He is also the president of Tradewinds History LLC, a firm that produces corporate, family, and house histories. For more on Steven Ujifusa visit, www.stevenujifusa.com.

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