Center of holocaust studies. She is an expert on the victims of nazi annihilation policies and efforts to bring the nazi perpetrators to justice after world war ii. She has a lot of publications. So i will just mention a small number of those for you today. First is atrocities on trial, historical perspectives on the politics of prosecuting war crimes, the 2008 volume she coedited with her colleague at the holocaust museum. I would like to mention to you especially about this volume, she writes a contribution piece entitled early war postwar justice in the american zone, the murder factory trial, which we will get to in the second half of our discussion today. She has also contributed to the 2008 volume nazi crimes under the law. One of the kind of pathbreaking researchers on the topic we are going to cover today. A volume titled children during the holocaust, part of her series on the holocaust sources in context, a very important volume of source material for educators, and finally f
Now, president bush. About 30 seconds we will be going on the air. In about 30 seconds we will be going on the air. Good evening, welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, republican nominee. I am jim lehrer and i will be the moderator for this 98 minute event, taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mack she of the boston globe, and compton, and sandra van ocher. A format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. That agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Each candidate will have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The order o
Stocks. The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divided germany was free to reunite the treaty that paved the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. The word is we are still aware that this was the most important signature of my life the book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project to keep. We did a lot of things a lot differently then when we won the cold war against. Soviet ambassador about a small town or coffee was here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determined the fate of germany moscow knocks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west does. The other most of. This i think listen see is speeches and champagne lift or rather try to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations about whats to final
The last million. Europes displaced persons from world war to the cold war. Im joel rosenthal, Prime Minister of Carnegie Council for ethics and international affairs. For those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. His biography of Andrew Carnegie published in 2006 was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, weve come to know Andrew Carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and theres one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the Carnegie Council, and that is the as david would put it cashtys carnegies cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a cando spirit is, indeed, possible. That idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. In addition to the carnegie biography, davids previous books include prizewinning biographies of joseph p. Kennedy and William Randolph hearst.
Critics alike join us the metal stuff stops. Cold war was an ideological war people said you know it is not clear what system is best what system will prevail. In track of our long time the issue of who was more confident economically to use was not totally clearly just and in the west the sputnik shock caused total panic sets africa. How surprising was that now its us who are showing the west showing the americans what technical progress is taking issue faults. Down the hudson got to see an immunity to the military doctrine at the time was mutual assured destruction we were prepared if they had a chance. Really were. This is going to throw in the 1st 15 minutes of a war germany would have gone up in flames like a tool which. In fact we were really scared because it could all kick off any time someone goes crazy and bam were in the middle of a 2 month. The 2nd world war came to an end in europe in may 945. 00 with germanys Unconditional Surrender the victorious powers divided the ruine