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East Asian Studies October 22, 2020

Japanese War Crimes during World War II

Atrocity and the Psychology of Collective Violence

Frank Jacob

Hosted by Kelly McFall
When you mention Japanese War crimes in World War Two, you’ll often get different responses from different generations. The oldest among us will talk about the Bataan Death March. Younger people, coming of age in the 1990s, will mention the Rape of Nanking or the comfort women forced into service by the Japanese army. Occasionally, someone will mention biological warfare. Frank Jacob has offered a valuable service by surveying Japanese …
German Studies September 8, 2020

Resisting Persecution

Jews and Their Petitions during the Holocaust

T. P. Kaplan and W. Gruner (eds.)

Hosted by Kelly McFall
In 20 years of studying the Holocaust, it didn’t occur to me that German officials might, when petitioned by German Jews or by Germans advocating for German Jews, change their …
European Studies August 7, 2020

The Journal of Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Richard Breitman

Hosted by Kelly McFall
The Journal of Holocaust and Genocide Studies is turning twenty-five. One of the first academic journals focused on the study of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies, it has been one …
Eastern European Studies June 22, 2020

Justice behind the Iron Curtain

Nazis on Trial in Communist Poland

Gabriel Finder

Hosted by Kelly McFall
When Americans think about trials of Holocaust perpetrators, they generally think of the Nuremberg Trials or the trial of Adolf Eichmann or perhaps of the Frankfort trials of perpetrators from …
European Studies June 15, 2020

Sources of Holocaust Insight

Learning and Teaching about the Genocide

John K. Roth

Hosted by Kelly McFall
At Newman I co-teach a class titled "The Holocaust and its Legacies." I teach the course with a Professor of Theology and it's designed to help students understand the ways …
African Studies June 5, 2020

From Hope to Horror

Diplomacy and the Making of the Rwanda Genocide

Joyce E. Leader

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Earlier this year the world marked the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide. An occasion for mourning and reflection also offered a chance to reflect on the state of research …
European Studies April 6, 2020

Hitler's First Hundred Days

When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

Peter A. Fritzsche

Hosted by Kelly McFall
We've grown to understand in the past few weeks how worlds can change in just a few days. Peter Fritzsche's new book Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the …
European Studies March 5, 2020

New Perspectives on Kristallnacht

After 80 years, the Nazi Pogrom in Global Comparison

Steven Ross and Wolf Gruner

Hosted by Kelly McFall
It's possible to organize a 20th-century German history course around the date 9 November. In 1918, Phillipp Schedemann proclaimed the creation of a new German Republic. In 1989, 9 November …
Eastern European Studies January 23, 2020

The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia

Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses

Wulf Gruner

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Holocaust research tends to concentrate on certain geographic regions. We know much about the Holocaust in Poland, Germany and Western Europe. We are learning more and more about the 'Holocaust …
German Studies January 8, 2020

Hitler

A Global Biography

Brendan Simms

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Every generation returns to the titanic heroes and villains of the 20th century. And every generation produces a new set of biographies--often immense--in an effort to understand the role of …
European Studies November 27, 2019

German Railroads, Jewish Souls

The Reichsbahn, Bureaucracy, and the Final Solution

Christopher Browning, Peter Hayes, and Raul Hilberg

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Raul Hilberg was a giant in the field of Genocide and Holocaust Studies. Frequently cited as the founder of the field in the United States, Hilberg wrote, taught, and mentored …
Southeast Asian Studies November 4, 2019

Man or Monster?

The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer

Alexander L. Hinton

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Can justice heal? Must there be justice in order to heal? Is there such a thing as justice, something to be striven for regardless of context? Alexander L. Hinton thinks …