Holocaust (Audio)
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 45 ratingsScholars and witnesses present evidence documenting the mass atrocities that took place from 1933 through to the end of World War II in 1945, giving voice to the memories of the 6 million Jews and 5 million other victims who were murdered throughout Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories under the command of Adolf Hitler.
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Europe in War: Memories of a Holocaust
May 05, 2008 21:00 - 59 minutes - 26.6 MBHolocaust survivor and poet Dr. Karl O. Herz discusses his experiences as a Jewish boy growing up in Germany during the World War II. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 14515]
Geoffrey Hartman: Shoah Literature The Universal Aspect
March 24, 2008 21:00 - 53 minutes - 23.8 MBShoah or Ha Shoah is the Hebrew term for the Holocaust. Yale professor Geoffrey Hartman explores the universal aspect of Shoah literature in this inaugural lecture of the George J. Wittenstein lecture series which commemorates the civic courage of Dr. George J. Wittenstein, member of two resistance groups against Hitler's dictatorship. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 14180]
Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial and Mine
March 10, 2008 21:00 - 1 hour - 35.6 MBProfessor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]
Rethinking Anti-Semitism: The Holocaust and the Contemporary World
August 29, 2005 21:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MBThis program evaluates the roles and themes of both government-inspired and populist antisemitism. Featuring Peter Kenez, Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, and historian and Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer, Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This program is presented as part of the Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Lectures. [Humanities] [Show ID: 9422]
Alvin H. Rosenfeld: The Anne Frank We Remember
August 31, 2004 21:00 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBNoted Holocaust scholar, author and lecturer, Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Director of the Institute of Jewish Culture and the Arts, and Professor of English at Indiana University, explores the changing images of the Holocaust's most famous victim over time, and attempts to explain why one particular version of Anne Frank has been favored over others. Sponsored by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [...
Geoffrey Hartman: Holocaust Testimony in a Genocidal Age
July 26, 2004 21:00 - 51 minutes - 23.4 MBGeoffrey Hartman, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Yale University, discusses the multi-voiced archives which have been gathered to document the destruction of European Jewry. As faculty advisor and project director to the Fortunoff Video Archives of Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University, Professor Hartman has been actively involved in its growth and has written extensively about the Archive and its work. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Hu...
Sir Martin Gilbert: The Righteous - Non-Jews who Helped Jews During the Second World War
March 04, 2003 21:00 - 58 minutes - 26.7 MBSir Martin Gilbert, C.B.E., is one of the 20th century’s foremost historians of World War II, the Holocaust and the founding of modern Israel. In “The Righteous—Non-Jews Who Helped Jews During the Second World War” Gilbert tells how, as the Third Reich carried out its program to exterminate European Jewry, many Gentiles risked their careers and lives to conceal and rescue Jewish refugees. His stories on the “Righteous” include such now-famous names as Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler, a...
An Evening with Elie Wiesel
August 19, 2002 21:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBRecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom and the rank of Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor, Elie Wiesel is the author of more than 40 books. Using his talents as a teacher and storyteller, Wiesel defends human rights and promotes peace throughout the world. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 6716]