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Young Readers Author Talk: Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Landed Victory in WWII
Join curator Josh Schick and Authors Nancy Rust and Carol Stubbs as they discuss their new book, Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Landed Victory in WWII, published by Pelican Publishing.
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Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation with author Robert Fieseler and Ed Lengel, PhD
Robert Fieseler, in conversation with Dr. Ed Lengel, will discuss this award-winning book which chronicles the events of that night, the controversies in the aftermath of the fire and the activism that followed and proved essential to the emergence of a fledgling gay movement.
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End of War 75th Anniversary: The Pacific
Join us for a digital ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of V-J Day.
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The Nazi Murder of the Disabled and the 1945 Hadamar Trial: A Conversation with Patricia Heberer-Rice, PhD, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This conversation with Patricia Heberer-Rice, PhD, focuses on the Nazi T-4 program for the murder of the disabled and the 1945 trial connected to Hadamar, one of the killing centers.
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The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery
Curator Larry Decuers takes us on an exploration of the Museum’s current special exhibition with special guests Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles, co-authors of The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery.
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Manhattan Project
75 years after the dropping of the two atomic bombs, join us for a conversation with Gino Segrè, PhD, and Bettina Hoerlin, PhD, biographers of one of the most critical scientists involved in the Manhattan Project.
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Dogfight Over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II
Join us for a conversation with Pacific War historian and best selling author John Wukovits, who will be interviewed about his latest book: Dogfight Over Tokyo.
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Atomic Veterans: Regular Men, Nuclear Fallout
Join Historian Hannah Dailey as she presents on what it means to be an Atomic Veteran.
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FALLOUT: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World with Author Lesley Blume
This presentation of FALLOUT, which premiered on the Museum’s Facebook page, recounts how John Hersey got the story that no other journalist could—and how he subsequently played a role in ensuring that no nuclear attack has happened since, possibly saving millions of lives.
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Hiroshima: History and Legacy
Join us as we reflect on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 75 years later. The Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian, Dr. Rob Citino, will host a discussion on the history, artifacts, and Museum’s educational initiatives about the atomic bomb and Hiroshima.
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"Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World"
Fox News Anchor and author Chris Wallace discusses his latest book, Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World.
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Survival and Witnessing: A Conversation with Emma Kuby, PhD, About French Concentration Camp Survivors as Activists
This conversation with Emma Kuby, PhD, considers how these survivors became key witnesses after 1945, how they organized, and how they defined survival and witnessing.
Notes from the Museum
Dispatches from The National WWII Museum