Monique Saigal Escudero went from a 3-year-old child hiding from Nazi soldiers in a small French village during World War II, to an accomplished author and Pomona College professor. Now 86, she will share her dramatic history in a free and open to the public talk at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 27 at Claremont Heritage’s Ginger Elliott Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo