German Events NYCIn Search of Oswald Ottendorfer: A Bicentennial Transatlantic Travelogue
- Starts
- Location
- Ottendorfer Library
- Price
- Free
A free film screening and Q&A follows German-American philanthropist Oswald Ottendorfer's path through Europe's 1848 uprisings and back to New York's Kleindeutschland.
Plan your visit
- Ends
- Format
- In person
- Location
- Ottendorfer Library, 135 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003, East Village, Manhattan
- Organizer
- NYPL Ottendorfer Library / Germany in New York
- Age guidance
- 18+
About this event
Celebrate the bicentennial of Oswald Ottendorfer, the German-American philanthropist whose gift established the East Village's Ottendorfer Library. Dr. Mary-Lea Enderle and Thomas Enderle, creators of Germany in New York, present an independent travelogue and interactive Q&A tracing his life across the Atlantic.
The film follows Ottendorfer's radical footsteps through the 1848 uprisings in Dresden, Prague and Vienna, and visits the library in his birthplace of Svitavy, Czech Republic, before returning to his legacy on Second Avenue.
The two-hour program takes place on Thursday, November 19, from 5:30 to approximately 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of Ottendorfer Library, 135 Second Avenue. Admission is free, for adults 18 and over, with no registration required. The presenters also announce complimentary cupcakes.
A companion Little Germany & the 48ers walking tour takes place on Saturday, November 14 at 11 a.m.; that separate tour recommends online registration.
ASL interpretation and real-time captioning (CART) may be requested through NYPL at least two weeks in advance.
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Why it belongs on GermanEvents
The program explores New York's historic German-speaking Kleindeutschland community and German-American philanthropist Oswald Ottendorfer, with the 1848 European revolutions as historical context.