Our invitation to the debate was accepted by Vicky Unwin, granddaughter of the controversial writer Hermann Ungar, a native of Boskovice, friend of Thomas Mann, Berthold Brecht and Stefan Zweig. Ungar's son Thomas changed his surname to Unwin in exile. He completely separated himself from his family roots and never spoke about them with his daughter. Vicky is coming to Brno to present her book Boy from Boskovice, which she published two years ago. In it, she comes to terms with the mysterious family history and her father's contradictory personality. She will also appear at the international literary symposium Ungar-Kafka, which is taking place in Brno these days. Vicky Unwin has a successful career in the world of books and the press, blogging about living with cancer, traveling and culture. After losing her daughter Louise to a ketamine overdose, she has also been active on the subject of of drug education in schools and the decriminalization of drugs.

The talk will be translated into Czech and streamed simultaneously on www.facebook.com/malymehrin. Admission is voluntary.