More than 50 El Paso Matters Book Club members gathered Tuesday at the Armijo Library Branch to hear El Paso author Jonna Perrillo talk about why she wrote “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” Perrillo said she wrote the book because she wanted to document an important part of El Paso’s history regarding some inequities in education.

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El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)
El Paso Matters Book Club members listen to author Jonna Perrillo talk about writing “Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands.” (Angela Saavedra/El Paso Matters)