Important at the National History museum. We are working on our public space and it will be dedicated solely to the theme of liberation. The museum talks about why the war was fought and how the war was won, but theres a third charge, what the war means to us today, and i think that is key of the liberation pavilion. One of the areas we will explore in the liberation pavilion will be faith in wartime, where we will discuss the Important Role religious belief laid to the played to the millions of people caught up in this global struggle. It charges the museum with bringing stories of how faith was crucial to those who found themselves surrounded by the horrors of war. This is what we are about to hear from our first speaker, Mark Riebling. He is a lecturer in holocaust and genocide studies at georgetown university. Previously, he was cofounder and Research Director of the nypd center for policing terrorism and the research to rector of the Manhattan Institute for policy research. His bo
Hear from our first speaker, mark riebling. Mark is a fellow in 20th century history and a lecturer in holocaust and genocide studies at georgetown university. Previously, he was cofounder and Research Director of the nypd center for policing terrorism and Research Director of the Manhattan Institute for policy research. His book wedge the secret war between the cia and the fbi has provided the program for seven assorted congressional committees and blueribbon panels. He has written for numerous publications, the New York Times and the guardian among them. Mark will present on his book church of spies the popes secret war against hibbler. Against hitler. I would like you to give mark a very warm welcome. Thank you. Mr. Riebling good morning. Can you hear me ok . Thank you. Many thanks to the Baptist Community ministries for bringing us here this morning. Im going to talk to you about one of the alltime great remaining historical controversies about the Second World War in europe, so if
Eric honestly, it is impossible because i am principally a writer. Some people know me as the author of the 600 page biography of the german theologian dietrich bonhoeffer. Other people know me as a humorist. I was recently published in the new yorker making fun of Donald Trumps bible verses. I am a little all over the place. I now have a radio show in addition to being a writer and writing and speaking a lot. I have a daily radio show from the Empire State Building where i get the talk of dust told everybody. Kind of like your job but higher up in altitude. I enjoy communicating whether in my books or on tv or on the radio. That is the long version. Would you prefer the short version . Brian we can start by going back in history. How far do you want to go . At the Prayer Breakfast in washington. Lets run a little clip of you speaking. Eric people would say who are you what to write about next . Who will you next right . Yaleyellow bank as a major i want to say whom. You may want to us
Would you suggest i try . Brian give it a try. Eric honestly, it is impossible because i am principally a writer. Some people know me as the author of the 600 page biography of the german theologian dietrich bonhoeffer. Other people know me as a humorist. I was recently published in the new yorker making fun of Donald Trumps bible verses. I am a little all over the place. I now have a radio show in addition to being a writer and writing and speaking a lot. I have a daily radio show from the Empire State Building where i get to talk to everybody. Kind of like your job but higher up in altitude. I enjoy communicating whether in my books or on tv or on the radio. That is the long version. Would you prefer the short version . Brian we can start by going back in history. How far do you want to go . At the Prayer Breakfast in washington. Lets run a little clip of you speaking. Eric people would say who are you going to write about next . I say, whom will you next write . As a yale major i wa
Brian how long in advance did you plan that . Eric well, to be perfectly honest, as with all of my answers, i will be bold and milimouth simultaneously. I did not planet. I really thought, maybe i will do that. A lot of people think of me as somebody who does comedy. I can be and often am but often im deadly serious. I thought i would be standing next to the president speaking to 3500 of the most important people in the world here in d. C. , who knows how i will feel in the moment. I do not know. So i had the idea i might to do , that. I thought maybe i would give him the book later. But if i feel, as the new yorker i would use the word chutzpah. If i feel in the moment to pull off the goofiness, i will do it. I honestly had no idea whether i would feel confident enough to joke with the president. Turns out i did. But i just i had no idea. I was prepared because i had the books. Know,en that was, you lastminute. Brian what impact has there been on bonhoeffer now that the president is s