MCHE Common Book – 2027

Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War by Jane Rogovska

January 12, 2027
6:30 PM – Zoom Webinar

The community is invited to read Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War and join MCHE’s Dr. Shelly Cline and Dr. Melissa Karp in conversation.

On Paris’s Left Bank stands the Lutetia Hotel, an extraordinary witness to the rise, reign, and fall of the Nazi regime. Before the war, it was a gathering place for exiles fleeing Nazi Germany; during the occupation, it was requisitioned by German military intelligence; and after liberation, it became a place of arrival for Holocaust survivors. In Hotel Exile, author Jane Rogoyska goes beyond the history of a single address to tell the deeply human stories of those who sought refuge, faced danger, resisted oppression, and fought to survive.