# City of Masks: A Novel of Shanghai von Mike Blumenthal

City of Masks: A Novel of Shanghai von Mike Blumenthal at W. M. Blumenthal Akademie, Klaus Mangold Auditorium, Tuesday 17 November 2026, 18:00.

- Price: 6 €
- Venue: W. M. Blumenthal Akademie, Klaus Mangold Auditorium, Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
- With: W. Michael Blumenthal
- Go to page: https://www.jmberlin.de/lesung-mike-blumenthal-city-of-masks

![City of Masks: A Novel of Shanghai von Mike Blumenthal](https://noky.io/images/37ca56eb11d9801d2082358e96e15619ba4ab645278d15479d64bff8432ab6ea-600.webp)

A book premiere in English: W. Michael Blumenthal, founding director of the Jewish Museum Berlin and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, presents his second novel, "City of Masks". The fast-paced thriller is set in Shanghai during the Second World War and is about con men, gangsters and spies. At its centre is Paul Obermann, a fugitive from an insurance-fraud charge who is recruited as a spy by the OSS and must rescue a failed mission together with Steffi, a Holocaust survivor. Blumenthal himself lived in Shanghai for eight years as a refugee from the Nazi dictatorship.

## Dates

- Tuesday 17 November 18:00 — W. M. Blumenthal Akademie, Klaus Mangold Auditorium

Written by a model, sources: [jmberlin.de](https://www.jmberlin.de/lesung-mike-blumenthal-city-of-masks)

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