Reel History: Serving for Justice
Join filmmakers Dr. Jeffrey Sammons and Rob Child as they discuss their documentary, Serving for Justice, as a part of The National WWII Museum’s Reel History Film Series.
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140 Days to Hiroshima: The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
Join us for an engaging discussion on the lead up to the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 76 years after that historic day, between author David Dean Barrett and the Museum’s Senior Historian Rob Citino, PhD.
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Lunchbox Lecture: Resisting Repatriation: Redefining National Belonging in Ukrainian Displaced Persons Camps, 1945-1951
This presentation will examine the ways in which Ukrainian DPs resisted involuntary and voluntary repatriation and will explore how the process challenged postwar resettlement policies, altered international definitions of citizenship and refugeedom, and redefined Ukrainian national belonging.
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Tables Turned on Them: Jews Guarding Nazi POWs Held in the United States
Tune in for a discussion of the little known group of Jewish soldiers in the US Army who were tasked with guarding German POWs and also with the process of reeducating them before they were returned to a defeated and peaceful Germany, the last of whom were sent 75 years ago.
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Lunchbox Lecture: Weird War II
Join Rusty Nix, Communications Manager of the former Virginia WWI and WWII Commemoration Commission, as he dives into the weirder and wilder side of the war you THOUGHT you knew and discusses some of the most incredible and bizarre stories of World War II.
Past Events
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Reel History Filmmaker Talks: History Speaks
10/22/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin Dr. Kristen Burton, Teacher Programs and Curriculum Specialist, as she moderates a conversation with the filmmakers behind History Speaks: The Diary of a Generation. Viewers will also be able to watch a segment of History Speaks: Hooray for Hollywood.
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Lunchbox Lecture: "The Munich Agreement: From Versailles to Blitzkrieg" by Rick Jacobs
10/21/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMOn September 30, 1938, Nazi Germany entered an agreement with the United Kingdom, France, and Italy approving the annexation of the Sudetenland. This lecture will describe the efforts that led to the signing of the agreement and how it kicked off what became World War II.
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Professional Learning Network Days
10/20/2020 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMJoin us via our social media platforms to discuss strategies and practices to engage students in activities that help to develop their critical thinking.
