Holiday spirit in the air, lights, music and decorations abound and many religious symbols are on display to commemorate this festive time of year. Good morning. Im your host historian edna friedberg. Today were going to examine some of the ways that winter were celebrated during the holocaust a topic that may surprise to think that anywhere celebrated at all at the very time that their existence was under threat by the nazi regime, european embraced age old traditions to observe their holiday of hanukkah, or they joined some christmas celebrations in, some instances their spiritual resistance gave them the strength to persevere. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague, Museum Historian lindsay macneill. Good morning lindsey. Morning, edna. Thanks for having me. Very glad to have you back. Always viewers, please post questions for lindsay in the comments section and well get to as many as possible in course of the live program. So, lindsay, lets put this in some context. The wanted to
Holiday spirit in the air, lights, music and decorations abound and many religious symbols are on display to commemorate this festive time of year. Good morning. Im your host historian edna friedberg. Today were going to examine some of the ways that winter were celebrated during the holocaust a topic that may surprise to think that anywhere celebrated at all at the very time that their existence was under threat by the nazi regime, european embraced age old traditions to observe their holiday of hanukkah, or they joined some christmas celebrations in, some instances their spiritual resistance gave them the strength to persevere. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague, Museum Historian lindsay macneill. Good morning lindsey. Morning, edna. Thanks for having me. Very glad to have you back. Always viewers, please post questions for lindsay in the comments section and well get to as many as possible in course of the live program. So, lindsay, lets put this in some context. The wanted to