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SUMMARY:What History Teaches: Between Terror and Resilience- Jewish Life in Nazi Germany
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the 1930s\, German Jews were caught in a cycle of relentless terror created by the Gestapo and targeted laws designed to strip away their dignity. As they desperately sought escape and refuge\, most countries made immigration exceedingly difficult. Neighbors who were once friends now ostracized them. Their children were pushed to the back of classrooms\, they were banned from park benches\, and they lost their jobs. Amid constant persecution and prejudice\, Jews fought to carve out small crevices where their humanity and identity could survive. They formed creative support networks\, shared information\, and leaned on community resilience. In these acts\, we see the ingenuity and courage with which Jews created spaces of dignity\, connection\, and hope.
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SUMMARY:Kristallnacht Commemorative Lecture: Himmler's Last Days and the Fate of Nazi Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Join the Alabama Holocaust Education Center for our annual Kristallnacht Commemorative lecture\, in partnership with the UAB Department of History. In this lecture\, Holocaust historians Wendy Lower and Jonathan Petropoulos will map the infamous SS leader Heinrich Himmler’s journey during his last days\, as he left the Führerbunker and fled to various outposts and hiding spots in the north of Germany. As they trace Himmler’s final movements and discuss how his tentacles of power unraveled\, they will also explore the physical and psychic unraveling of this mass murderer\, who became the most hunted war criminal in history. Finally\, they will recount Himmler’s eventual capture\, his interrogation\, his suicide in British custody\, and extraction of his brain after his death to study evil.
URL:https://bjf.org/event/kristallnacht-commemorative-lecture-himmlers-last-days-and-the-fate-of-nazi-leadership/
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SUMMARY:What History Teaches: Universities\, Education\, & the Role of Intellectuals
DESCRIPTION:How educational institutions and intellectuals responded to the rise of Nazism. What lessons can be learned from the role of academia then and what are the implications for today?
URL:https://bjf.org/event/what-history-teaches-universities-education-the-role-of-intellectuals/
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