Eva Braun´s visit to Iceland - lecture July 20
On Monday July, 20 Hörður Geirsson will lecture about Eva Braun´s visit to Iceland 70 years ago on the luxury liner, Milwaukee. She made some films of Ísafjörður and her travelling companions also took many photographs. Hörður will present some of her films and photographs and discuss her time here. The lecture will take place at the University Centre at 12.10, all are welcome. The lecture will be in Icelandic.
Hörður Geirsson is a curator and the head of the film department at the Heritage Museum in Akureyri. He has written about aviation as well as discovered a Fairey Battle airplane from World War II after a 19 year search. He has curated many exhibitions at the Icelandic Aviation Museum, Akureyri. In recent years he has taught film history at the University of Akureyri.