Dr. Alexander richie, who serves as the convener of our president ial councillors, to lead dr. Gerhardt wineburg and dr. Jeff mcgargy. Alex has been involved with our museum since the first appearance at our 2014 international conference. And in those five years, we have kept her quite busy. Many meetings, committees. And, also, as you heard this morning, leading a lot of our educational travel tours. She she has been has a deep and personal connection to the holocaust, as her fatherinlaw, who im sure shes going to explain more about, was, himself, in auschwitz during world war ii. So to hear the latest in holocau holocaust scholarship and to look at what was going on in june 1944, its my pleasure to ask dr. Richie to come up. Thank you so much. This is, indeed, a topic very, very close to my heart, as most of you know. I live in warsaw in poland, as just heard my fatherinlaw was in auschwitz when a Founding Member of which was an organization to try and save jews from the ghetto. Then
A panel of holocaust scholars talk about recent scholarship trends as well as new findings. They focus on the brutality of regime and the relation of the holocaust to world war ii. This was part of the world war ii museums annual conference in new orleans. The month of was june, 1944. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. Topic tom a dark probably the darkest of all also is led by some of the worlds leading scholars period. It is, of course, the holocaust. For this session, we have a asked dr. Alexander ritchie of our president ial counselors to lead dr. Gerhard weinberg. Alex has been involved with the our 2014nce conference. In those five years cannot we have kept her busy. And meetings, committees, leading a lot of educational travel tours. Deep and personal connection to the holocaust as law was himself in auschwitz. To hear the latest in holocaust scholarship and to look at what was going on in june 1940 four, it is my proof prep it is topleasure to ask dr. Richie come up. Thank you
Freedom fighters. Preuss, welcome back bruce, welcome back to the Wilson Center. Congratulations on this accomplishment. Lets begin with some context. Anonymous soldiers begins as world war i was drawing to a close and the british have conquered jerusalem. In palestine in the 1920s, 1930s the british fail repeatedly to reconcile competing arab and jewish demands. It was the british mandate destined to fail . Before i i answer that if i could just think the Wilson Center for this event. If i. If i can i can say unequivocally if it were not for the Wilson Center this book would not be possible. I really want to thank the previous president , lee hamilton current president , jane harman the library. This is a huge treasure here the wisdom of the United States congress, which is not something you here often come in creating the Wilson Center in making it a tremendous resource for scholars but also a resource to discuss i think cuttingedge policy issues and my old friend rob not just for hi
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