Massaging Himmler: A poetic biography of Dr Felix Kersten

OCTOBER 2019 NEWS

After over two decades of research, thinking, stalling and writing, the book has finally been published, thanks to Hybrid Publishers and committed friends and family. “Massaging Himmler” will be launched on Sunday 24th November 2019, jointly by the illustrious Alex Skovron and the son of Felix Kersten, Arno Kersten.

This is a free event but please book for catering purposes. www.trybooking.com/eventlist/massaginghimmler
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Copies of the book are available Anne: 0425 708 274
$32.99 + $9 postage

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The Story of “Massaging Himmler: A Poetic Biography of Dr Felix Kersten”

Dr Felix Kersten’s story is remarkable, an archetypal story of the meeting of good and evil. But who is this relatively unknown man?

Dr Felix Kersten was masseur to Heinrich Himmler, one of the most feared high ranking Nazis, head of the Gestapo and the SS. Kersten used his therapeutic expertise gain influence over Himmler, allowing him to secure the release of tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of people. Another, better known hero was Oskar Schindler, responsible for the release of 1,100.

I found the book in an Op Shop 22 years ago and couldn’t understand why we didn’t know about this man. I wanted to retell his story. Twelve years ago I started writing – in verse. After many breaks – for research, to acquire poetry skills, because life intervened with the death of two people very close to me – I am now finished, and with the help of a Rob Sessions, Publishing Consultant, I’m ready to find a publisher.

The work is in easy-to-read, accessible free verse with historical marginalia to set the scene.

Image of Dr Felix Kersten and Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler

Poems from the sequence

Felix wants them to have suffered

2019 NEWS

After many months seeking publication far and wide, Massaging Himmler will be published by our old friends Hybrid Publishers late in 2019. They couldn’t be more prefect – not only did they publish my first full length collection in 2013 (Removing the Kimono) but they are Jewish people who are committed to telling stories of the Holocaust.

I have also had the honour of meeting (via Skype) the son of Dr Kersten, Arno Kersten, who is committed to furthering his father’s story. This is a wonderful development and more news to follow.

Launch: Sunday 24 th November 2019, 4pm, Abbotsford Convent, Oratory
Tickets and further details, available September, 2019

The next concert: Saturday 30th November, 6pm, Canterbury Uniting Church. Tickets and further details available  September, 2019.

2018 NEWS

Next concert: Limmud Oz 2019

2017 NEWS

Next concert: Castlemaine November 4th, 4.45 pm. Castlemaine Uniting Church.
Bookings through TryBooking.

Are you interested in hosting a ‘Massaging Himmler’ House Concert?

Our friends and colleagues have royally supported us by hosting House Concerts. All that is needed is a room large enough to seat around 25 – 30 people, performance space for two and minimal equipment. It makes for an intimate and potent story telling – right in your own lounge room!  It’s also is a great way to support the Arts and spread this remarkable story. I can provide all promotional material and ticketing. Contact me for details. 0425 708 274

Habitat Uniting Church, Canterbury, Sunday May 7th, 4pm.Buy_Ticket_Button_Blue

Bookings at trybooking.com

Massaging Himmler, A Concert Flyer

2016 NEWS

In collaboration with the wonderful Blue Harp Productions we have added a stunning audio visual component to the ‘Massaging Himmler’ concert – making it even more potent and portable. Because venues don’t always have a grand piano suitable for playing Rachmaninov, we have recorded Julian playing the Preludes in exquisite style. That soundtrack and footage of Julian playing forms the basis for still and moving images of Dr Kersten, his family, their estate as well as chilling Nazi images. This audiovisual element will be interspersed with Julian and I reading the poems.

Our next outing on November 13th with it will be at the beautifully restored historic Court House in Camperdown. All welcome!

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Massaging Himmler e version flyer

  • I’m thrilled to invite you to a forthcoming concert combining poems from the Massaging Himmler sequence, alongside the whole set of Rachmaninov Preludes, Opus 23. Because of their complexity, these piano pieces are rarely played as a whole and I am delighted to collaborate with the pianist, Julian Bailey, who has been playing some of the Preludes for over 40 years. The pieces combine passages of sublime lyricism with others of passionate intensity and make a perfect foil for the dramatic sequence of Massaging Himmler poems which will be read by Jerzy Kozlowski.
  • Buy_Ticket_Button_Bluehttps://www.trybooking.com/LARP 
  • Southerly literary journal has accepted Of the 2,700: one voice, a poem from the Kersten sequence, to be published in their forthcoming War and Peace edition.
  • Massaging Himmler had its debut at the Melbourne Poets Union event entitled On Difficult Poems with Dr Jennifer Harrison in June 2015. An excerpt of my talk In Fear and Trembling is published in May POAM – the MPU newsletter. Thanks to MPU for the chance to share the work.
  • I am looking forward to the privilege of reading part of the work at the next Jewish Writers Festival in Melbourne 2016.
  • Three poems have been accepted by The French Literary Review for publication March 2106.

Please email me if you would like be a part of my mailing list to be notified of progress of the manuscript and publication and launch details:

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