Florence Gould: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator

Florence Gould was a fabulously wealthy socialite and patron of the arts, who hid a dark past as a Nazi collaborator in 1940s’ Paris.

Join author Susan Ronald as she discusses her fascinating new biography of this seductive and utterly amoral woman who loved to say, “money doesn’t care who owns it.” Florence Gould was the third wife of Frank Jay Gould and used his millions to invest in hotels and casinos and entertain the likes of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald. Florence took several German lovers during WWII and became embroiled in laundering money for fleeing Nazis as the allies closed in. After the war, however, her vast fortune bought her respectability as a significant contributor to the Metropolitan Museum, New York University and Cornell Medical School, among many others.











When: Tue., May. 15, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $29
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Florence Gould was a fabulously wealthy socialite and patron of the arts, who hid a dark past as a Nazi collaborator in 1940s’ Paris.

Join author Susan Ronald as she discusses her fascinating new biography of this seductive and utterly amoral woman who loved to say, “money doesn’t care who owns it.” Florence Gould was the third wife of Frank Jay Gould and used his millions to invest in hotels and casinos and entertain the likes of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald. Florence took several German lovers during WWII and became embroiled in laundering money for fleeing Nazis as the allies closed in. After the war, however, her vast fortune bought her respectability as a significant contributor to the Metropolitan Museum, New York University and Cornell Medical School, among many others.

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