Stone. Geoff, the Supreme Court has held and it is presently the law in the United States, that the constitution protects most pornography and abortion rights and samesex marriage. That would have surprised the framers, would have surprised most americans 100 years ago, so how did that happen . Guest you have to read the book to answer that. It happened through a combination of social movements that began to change Public Opinion and public understanding about these issues. It happened it was with respect to pornography with technological change in the advent of internet and cable which mad it was much more pervasive and happened as a result of the justices having a fuller understanding of the consequences of some of these laws. So maybe i can start with the example of, say, abortion. One thing most people assume today is that dwayne roe v. Wads decided in 1973 i was a law clerk to Justice Brennan but roe v. Wade people assumed it was a radical left wing decision that radically changed
Anyone say what im about to say to you. The most remarkable thing in that photograph is that there are is a child in it. A child under the age of ten. In fact there are tree or four children under the age of ten in that photograph. Now, this is a photograph taken in the spring of 1943. We know when the population of the warsaw get to the was down to about 50,000. We know from the records of the warsaw get oadministration how many were still alive. Fewer than 500. There had been 50,000 of them when the ghetto was closed. Now, flash to the next picture. This is another one. This is a show of people having been round up from the warsaw uprising and marched off and sense to camps. Another child on the age of ten on the right. We know her name. We do not know the name of the boy in the preceding forecast. I want to draw your attention to something tragic about these pictures. Who are these people . Who could these children be . Who is still live under the age of ten in the warsaw ghetto aft
Their. But, it seemed like the right time to revisit the decade and talk to people who were activists because many of them were in their late 60s and 70s and ready to reflect and is so much had gone on in the last 45 years that there was a lot to talk about and i wanted to catch them at a time when they still remembered what they had done and wanted to reflect. You could watch this and other programs online at book tv. Org. Good evening and welcome. Time when the lower, director of the museum. It is my honor to welcome you on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum to tonights program. Why did the holocaust happened. I would like to also welcome our digital audience joining us from all around the globe. You may share your reflection and ask questions on twitter and facebook. The museum helps people think about why the holocaust happened and how it was possible in one of the most advanced civilized regions of the world. If you were to look at europe and specifically german
Their. But, it seemed like the right time to revisit the decade and talk to people who were activists because many of them were in their late 60s and 70s and ready to reflect and is so much had gone on in the last 45 years that there was a lot to talk about and i wanted to catch them at a time when they still remembered what they had done and wanted to reflect. You could watch this and other programs online at book tv. Org. Good evening and welcome. Time when the lower, director of the museum. It is my honor to welcome you on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum to tonights program. Why did the holocaust happened. I would like to also welcome our digital audience joining us from all around the globe. You may share your reflection and ask questions on twitter and facebook. The museum helps people think about why the holocaust happened and how it was possible in one of the most advanced civilized regions of the world. If you were to look at europe and specifically german
They weigh in on the u. S. Drone program. To talk with local authors and in visit the citys literary sites. As just a few of the programs you will see on book tv on cspan two this weekend. For complete Television Schedule book tv. Org. Television for serious readers. First up here is peter hayes discussing his book why explaining the call cost. Holocaust. Good evening and welcome im wendy lower director of the museums advanced holocaust studies. To tonights program. Why did the holocaust happen. Like to welcome the digital audience joining us from around the globe. With the hashtag u. S. Hh why. What happened and how it was possible and where the most advanced civilized regions of the world. If you were to look at Continental Europe and specifically germany before hitler came to power unified democracy. Your fine democracy. Struggling once. Youd also find growing anxiety and fear as a result of the great war the economic depression and the rise of a communism and you would find increas