Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright served as United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001. Under President Bill Clinton, she was the 64th Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that position.

Shortly after taking office, Albright discovered a hidden part of her family history: her paternal grandparents were Jewish and were killed during the Second World War.

In the newly published book Praagse winter. Het verhaal van mijn jeugd in oorlogstijd, 1937–1948, the former Secretary of State returns to her childhood in 1930s Prague. It is a search for the unknown roots of her Jewish family and the history of her birth country, Czechoslovakia.

Madeleine Albright will be interviewed by Americanist Willem Post.

Location: Diligentia, Lange Voorhout 5, The Hague
Start time: 10:00 AM
Tickets: €7.50 (excluding service costs)