March 29th: Honoring Historic Heroines: Ingrid Gruttenfien Greenburger & the Resistance
Celebrating Women's History Month
Honoring Historic Heroines
An Evening with Francis Greenburger in Conversation about his mother, Ingrid and her work with the French Resistance
Ingrid Gruttenfien Greenburger
March 29th
6:30 - 7:30 (EST) VIA ZOOM
Space Limited to 100 Participants
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At 19 years old, Ingrid Elizabeth Gruttenfien rejected Nazism completely and gave up her language and her country forever. Branded a "traitor," she fled from the blitzkrieg, eventually finding her way to southern France. Along the way, she helped Jews escape Nazi Germany, fell in love with a French Resistance officer, and eventually left Europe with her young son to begin a life in the United States.
Decades later, after marrying Sandford J. Greenburger and having a second son, Francis, Ingrid would write a memoir called, A Private Treason: A German Memoir.
Come learn more about this complex and courageous woman through the eyes of her youngest son, Francis Greenburger.
Francis Greenburger
Francis Greenburger is an American real estate developer, literary agent, author, philanthropist, activist and founder of Time Equities Inc., Art Omi, Inc., and the Greenburger Center for Social & Criminal Justice.
Francis Greenburger is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Equities Inc. Founded in 1966, Time Equities Inc. (TEI) has been in the real estate investment, development and asset & property management business for more than 50 years. He is also the Chairman of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (SJGA), a literary agency founded by his father in 1932.
He is the Founder and Chairman of Art Omi, a sculpture and architecture park and arts center founded in 1992, which also provides residencies for visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, and architects from all over the world. Most recently, Mr. Greenburger founded the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice in 2014, which advocates for reforms to the criminal justice and mental health systems.
He also serves on the board of several not for profit organizations and is an active donor to over 300 charitable organizations. Mr. Greenburger graduated from Baruch College in 1974 with a degree in Public Administration. He is an avid tennis player and traveler. He resides in Manhattan with his wife Isabelle Autones and is the proud father of four children: Morgan, Noah, Julia and Claire.