Eva Perón - an Argentinian icon
VHS@home: 14 April, 7.30 to 9 p.m.
On Wednesday 14 April from 7.30 to 9 pm, the Chemnitz Adult Education Centre is hosting an online lecture on the Argentinian Eva Perón, the best-known representative of Peronism. Historian Ursula Prutsch will discuss her rise from "Cinderella" to one of the most influential women of her time. The speaker will explain what makes Eva Perón so fascinating, why she was so hated by her opponents and which myth lives on to this day. Anyone interested can register by midnight on 13 April at www.vhs-chemnitz.de and will then receive an access link by email. Participation is free of charge.
Eva Perón, known to her fans as "Evita", is still present in the collective memory of the country and beyond. The musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber has contributed to this. Her fans, on the other hand - including the current Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner - defend Eva Perón. She was a "mother of the poor" and a "martyr of the oppressed and the first feminist in a conservative country" and was able to achieve women's suffrage.
Prof Dr Ursula Prutsch teaches US and Latin American history at LMU Munich. Among other things, she wrote a biography of Eva Perón.
The event is part of the series "vhs.wissen live - the digital science programme" as a cooperation between the VHS Chemnitz and the adult education centres in the Erding and SüdOst districts of Munich.