Liesel will speak at Temple Beth-H-Tephila in Asheville during Holocaust Day services. For more information, call (828) 252-9820.

Liesel spoke at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community Colege about the Holocaust and the turning point in her childhood during Holocaust Remembrance Day and a program sponsored by the Diversity Committee. Liesel remembered her childhood in Germany and discovering that her father was a Nazi serving Adolf Hitler.

"Hitler's message to make the world pure struck a chord with my father," Appel said. "My parents believed in the lies, and the moment they did, they gave up their freedom. " After she discovered who her father was, and that her parents believed Jews were evil, she was horrified. "I had heard Nazis killed innocent people. The truth about my family was beginning to dawn on me. I was terrified. When my father died when he was on trial, he told me it was up to me to make Germany great again. I couldn't understand how he could love me, and be so full of hate."

At the age of 19, Appel turned her back on Germany and went to England. In 1980, she came to America with her husband. She cut her mother completely out of her life. She started to heal again through the love and forgiveness of Jewish people.

Return invitation to independent bookstore Malaprop's, www.malaprops.com, for reading and signing.

Liesel will participate in the Enka Holocaust workshop

Rabbi Ratner's confirmation class brought together a gathering of twelve young people. This is what the Rabbi said: --"Thank you so much for the outstanding presentation and discussion today. It was hard for the kids to wrap their minds around what you were saying at first, but they definitely got it I appreciate your time and you willingness to share such intimate and personal things for the sake of a noble and higher goal. Thanks again. Shalom. -- B. Ratner (Rabbi Robert J. Ratner, Ph. D.), Congregation Beth HaTephila

Liesel will make a special appearance and conduct a book signing at BookMarks Bookstore, 12 NE 2nd Avenue, Deerfield, FL. For more information, call (954) 725-1181 or visit www.bookmarks-online.com.

Liesel is flying in from North Carolina to make a special appearance at the Riverwalk Community Center, West Palm Beach, Florida for a televised reading of The Neighbor's Son. For more information, call (561) 681-9228.

Palm Beach, Florida. Special speaking events to be announced.

Liesel will speak at the Brotherhood Brunch at Beth-H-Tephila Reform Temple, 43 North Liberty Street, Asheville, NC 28804. The brunch begins at 10:00 AM, and the program begins at 10:45 AM. Liesel will bring copies of her book for sale and will autograph books. Don’t miss this chilling and gripping story told by a free-thinking woman. Call Lea today at (828) 253-4911 to make a reservation for the brunch.

A UNC TV interview with Liesel Appel about her book The Neighbor's Son was conducted and produced by journalist Kerra Bolton. It will air in early January 2006.

Liesel will be speaking at the University Synagogue, 11960 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049-4200

Book signing / reading / discussion of The Neighbor's Son at the Asheville Baha'i center downtown at 5 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville, NC 28801. This event is hosted by the Baha'is of Asheville specifically to honor the Jewish community, but all religions are most welcome and light refreshments will be served. In November we remember progroms committed against our Jewish neighbors all over Germany (Krystallnacht), November 9-10, 1938.

(The Baha'i Faith is an independent, international world religion with the main message of unity. All humanity is one race, destined to live in peace and harmony.)

Liesel will be conducting a book signing at Malaprop's Bookstore / Cafe, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801, the regions largest independently owned book store, considered one of the finest in the country. Malaprop's won the Publisher's Weekly prestigious Bookseller of the Year award in 2000. For further information, contact Malaprop's at 828 254 6734.