A CONVERSATION WITH TOMMY
Tommy Schnurmacher will discuss his new book Makeup Tips from Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved my Mother’s Life. A memoir about his Jewish mother. A book that could change your life. It changed his. As a writer, Montreal media icon Schnurmacher is an intense force of nature, a seismic swell of visceral empathy, laser-sharp wit and courageous self-analysis. Now meet Olga. Auschwitz prisoner A-25057, aka Mom, A fearless, dramatic and unpredictable maverick. An original.
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TOMMY SCHNURMACHER
A child of Holocaust suvivors, Tommy Schnurmacher, was born in Budapest. The host of a highly-rated daily three-hour radio talk show for more than twenty years on CJAD, he is also a journalist and author. He spent a week with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the Montreal Bed-In for Peace, covered the Academy Awards thirteen times and is still proud that Meryl Streep once stepped on his foot in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Tommy is currently on a Zoom tour of North America talking about his mother, Second Generation issues and the Hungarian refugee experience.
