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Witnessing Hate from Afar: How Americans Learned of “Kristallnacht” and the Lessons for Americans Today

November 10, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

$10

To mark the 81st anniversary of “Kristallnacht,” HMTC’s Museum and Programming Director, Dr. Thorin Tritter, will give a talk about the information Americans learned about the pogroms of November 9 and 10, 1938 in Germany, and how quickly news of those events crossed the Atlantic. Drawing on newspaper of the time and autobiographical accounts, Dr. Tritter will explore the event as Americans saw it. He will also compare the news stories from 1938 with news stories that have covered contemporary hate speech and atrocities, asking the audience to think about what are the lessons that we should draw from the past when facing genocides and atrocities in distant places today.

Details

Date:
November 10, 2019
Time:
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost:
$10
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.hmtcli.org/event/witnessing-hate-from-afar/

Venue

Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
100 Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, 11542 United States
Phone:
(516)871-8040
Website:
www.hmtcli.org

Organizer

Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center
Phone:
5165718040
Email:
info@hmtcli.org
Website:
www.htmcli.org
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