To the holocaust through exhibits, performances and lectures. In the next room youll find the exhibit stitching history from the holocaust developed by our colleagues at the Jewish Museum of milwaukee. It tells the story of the family who escaped from nazioccupied prague via an impassioned plea. The request failed. The stranauds perished but the design survived and today has been brought to life as testimony to some of what america lost when we decided that these desperate souls were unwanted. As we will hear this evening, the case of the strenads was no case unique and it wasnt just the haters compliceit in the murder of the innocent. Mr. Dobbs talk is part of the shapiro lecture series made possible by the generous bequest of gloria l. Shapiro. I want to thank our two Program Partners tonight. The United States Holocaust Memorial museum. Here to introduce mr. Dobbs is a Holocaust Museums midatlantic regional director, andre avril. Please welcome. Thank you, marvin. My name is andres