Join us via zoom or in our library's meeting room for this special author event! We will be zooming with Scott Lenga, author of The Watchmakers! Registration is required, whether you plan to attend in person or virtually.

Scott Lenga will share his father, Harry Lenga's extrodinary story. A watchmaker, Harry Lenga was born to Chassidic Jews in Kozhinitz, Poland. At young ages, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe learned how to be watchmakers from their father. Then...the invasion of the Nazi's happened. None of them ever imagined their skills would be their key to survival! Everyone who participates (in person or via zoom) will have their names entered for a drawing at the end of the program. A lucky participant will win a copy of the ARC (advanced reader copy) of this  non-fiction book! 

About the author & his father:

Scott Lenga is the son of Harry Lenga. He holds a BA in economics from UC Berkeley and a law degree from UCLA. He is married with three daughters who grew up listening to stories about the grandfather they never really knew. He lives in Israel, where he provides legal services to emerging technology companies.

Harry Lenga was born in 1919 to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland. After surviving the German ghettos and camps with his brothers during World War II and liberation by the U.S. Army, he came to the United States in April 1949. Harry lived with his wife and three children in St. Louis, where he worked as a watchmaker for nearly thirty years before he retired. In 1998, he moved with his wife to Israel. Harry died on January 2, 2000, at the age of eighty.