I also have the pleasure of serving as cochair of the Museums Committee and my husband and i have had a long and extremely meaningful relationship with the institution and museum which honors the victims of the holocaust and stands as a stark reminder to the importance and lessons of the holocaust and the relevance of those lessons to issues in conflict in todays world. The museum has also found compelling ways to engage many audiences, one that people would never expect, from every background, religious and political persuasion. While the engagement is grounded if holocaust history it serves as a powerful spring board to reflect on contemporary issues, especially genocide. It is a stark reminder that the notion of task is never ending at a time when hatred and systemetism is clear across the world and in the United States we must all stand up. When a time when soshl and rapid changing world magnified that hate the lessons of the holocaust are more challenging then ever and the museums
Collaboration between the college of science and department of history and our mission is to bring history on conpeople to rather issues and we do that through a variety of means. We host a variety of programs. We have a blog about contemporary issue from a historical perspective. Were in the midst of a collaboration with the philadelphia enquirer to infuse more journalism and do a number of Different Things here on campus and out in the Community Sponsorship if youre joining us for the first time welcome. Were delighted that youre here. We hope you stay connected with us. You have a newsletter list you can sign up for outside. We have other events you can attend. We hope its the beginning of a long relationship with villanova university. For those of you who are new as well and those tuning in on cspan or on our live stream i should let you know this program is the fourth in a seer that we have done this year on the subject of revisionist history. Now you may be thinking to your self
Director. S is the executive but first, from april of these words bye president bill clinton. His first comments about the bombing. The bombing in Oklahoma Cityr was an attack onen innocent children and defenseless citizens. As ait was an act of cowardice d it was evil. The United States will not tolerate it. I will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. Which met with our team,m, we assembled to deal with this bombing, and i have determined to take the following steps to ensure theis s strongest respone to this cri situation. First, i have deployed a Crisis Management team under the leadership of the fbi working with the department of justice, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, andary firearms, military and local authorities. We are sending the finest to solve these murders. Laresecond, i have declared an emergency in Oklahoma City and at my direction, the director of the federal emergency is now on agency,y, his way there to make sure we do everything we
In his youth one carrion Prime Minister viktor orban was hailed as a champ freedom these days hes routinely been a phony as a migrant bashing nationalist is authoritarian agenda threatens democratic norms in july 29 teams the same time i went on the sly hungry steve allen as a so concerned now as open seeks almost unlimited powers to move by decree amidst the corrent of our as crisis less showing thats the only game. Hungary is unquestionably one of europes most beautiful countries. The seat of power of budapest much as any capital for share opulence. Its fairytale paul and is perhaps the prettiest in europe. But for the last decade according to critics it has passed some of the ugliest laws on the continent. Vics all been has given hungary for 13 years during which time he has taken steps which mirror those taken by other autocrats centralizing power detailing press freedom and attacking and g. M. He likes this kind of new types of opportunity and leaders are also the ones who are com
Fish. Were going to go ahead and get started. Tonight, as the world struggles to contain and recover from the novel coronavirus, we offer a story we completed just before life changed so dramatically. Can you sung me a song from your youth . Its a story of history, hope, survival, and resilience, which has its roots in another time when the world was convulsed by crisis, world war ii. Aaron, tell us what your parents did before the war. They owned and operated a butcher shop. This interview is unlike any we have ever done. Its your mentality. Its your soul. Its your mind. Uncredibly, aaron elster, a holocaust survivor, died two years ago. Whats the weather like today . Im actually recording. I cannot answer that question. Im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking this portion of 60 minutes is sponsored by progressive insurance. Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. Save when you bundle auto