Against All Odds, the Fight for Justice w/ Thomas Jacobson

Join us for a conversation with Thomas Jacobson, one of the youngest surviving passengers of the MS St. Louis—the ill-fated ship that carried Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.

As we mark 87 years since Kristallnacht, the devastating pogrom that foreshadowed the Holocaust, Jacobson shares the powerful story of his family’s escape and survival, brought to life in his novel Underdog. Blending personal memory with historical reflection, he offers a rare and urgent testimony from one of the last living witnesses to this dark chapter in history.

About the book:

Underdog is the memoir of one of the youngest passengers on the MS St. Louis, escaping Nazi Germany to Holland and eventually settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Against All Odds, The Fight for Justice is the story of a human rights lawyer representing all the prominent civil rights leaders in Milwaukee during the 1960s and decades thereafter.