Mary L. Romney Schaab, the daughter of Lionel Romney, who was one of the few Black people to be imprisoned in the Nazi prison camps during World War II, will be the guest in an online talk co-sponsored by the Southampton African American Museum and Temple Adas Israel of Sag Harbor on Saturday at 7 p.m. Registration is on Eventbrite, which can be reached from the calendar pages on templeadasisrael.org.
Ms. Romney Schaab's "An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German" tells the story of her father's experiences as a West Indian merchant sailor who, by chance, was trapped in the politics, chaos, and deadly violence of World War II. After his capture, Romney endured Transit Camp Fossoli in Italy and was then taken to Mauthausen in Austria.
The author was born in New York City and spent more than 40 years teaching English as a second or foreign language in Spain, New York, and Connecticut.
