Relive your history every night, American History tv on cspan3. Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Welcome to the u. S. Holocaust memorial museum. Im daniel greene. We decided on our 25th anniversary to look closely at americans role in the history. That goes back to our founding charter. Which mandated that the museum look closely as americans role in this history. In fact, on the day we opened, the chairman of the board at the time said, this museum is not an answer. Its a question. What we wanted to do in this exhibition is ask difficult questions about americans response to naziism. The questions that frame this exhibition are, what did americans know and what more could have been done . You will see throughout the exhibition that what we try to do is show the context of American History that shaped americans responses to naziism. That context includes our isolationism in the aftermath of world war i. Xenophobia, fear of immigrants
[inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening. If i can ask the last of her guests to take their seats. I want to welcome everyone. Im margot lurie contractor programming and engagement at the museum of jewish heritage, a living memorial to holocaust. A little bit about this institution before we go into the program. This is the thirdlargest Holocaust Museum in the world. Offering a range of rigorous and engaging exhibitions, programs and resources. In a world of rising intolerance, antisemitism and holocaust denial, we are called upon to be bolder in mission of education and outreach than ever before through events like this one. Tonight if it is indeed a special one. This is the launch of the new edition of shores beyond shores power from them wife by irene butter, a survivor of two concentration camps camps whose dedicated her life to Holocaust Education and peace activism. She is the cofounder of the metal and lecture series at the university of michigan where she is profess
Of education and outreach than ever before through events like this one. Tonights event is a special one the launch of the new edition of shores beyond the shores a powerful memoir a survivor to concentration camps was dedicated her life to Holocaust Education and peace activism. The cofounder of the lecture series at the university of michigan where she is Professor Emeritus of Public Health and also one of the founders of arab jewish womens Dialogue Group in ann arbor. We are also so pleased to have with us the coauthor john bidwell and chris holloway. We are honored to have been in conversation with andrew sullivan, doctor solomon is the renowned author of far from the trees, parents, children and the search for identity as well as the atlas of depression which won the 2001 National Book award for nonfiction. Professor of clinical medical psychology at Columbia University Medical Center and former president of penn america center. And i just want to share with you briefly his reacti
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Start by contextualizing for you Holocaust Denial. Ill talk to you about what happened during my trial but first i want to talk who are holocaust deniers, why do they say what they say and how can we understand, whats doing, or what their arguments are, their socalled arguments are . But i think we have to begin first by defining the holocaust. Im getting sort of a basic definition. There are many variations. How would you define the holocaust . Dont all freeze up on me. How would you define the holocaust . We went over this briefly in class that we went back to the root of the word holocaust, total and caust to be consumed by fire. A more popularized term to describe the hebrew term for the utter destruction of the jewish people. Prof. Lipstadt the utter destruction of the jewish people by whom . The third reich. The germans. It is not all the horrific things the germans did during the war. The germans did many horrific things, killed millions of people. Had they won, theyd probably,