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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Yalta at 75: From World War to Cold War Symposium (SOLD OUT)
02/08/2020 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMJoin leading scholars for a daylong discussion about the Yalta Conference—from the run-up to the conference, the proceedings themselves, to the legacies of Yalta for the postwar world, for the Cold War, and for our own day.
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Girls Innovation Studio: The STEM of Cupid's Arrow
02/08/2020 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PMThis Valentine’s Day season, learn how Cupid’s arrow flies true! In this free hands-on workshop for girls and their caregivers, explore the science behind aim and trajectory—even try kitchen science by making a sweet for a friend or family member.
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Meet the Author: Elizabeth Fox
02/06/2020 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PMJoin us for a conversation with author Elizabeth Fox presenting her book We Are Going to Be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters, which tells the story of a first-generation Jewish American couple separated by war. After decades of gathering dust, their words have been carefully transcribed and thoughtfully edited and annotated by Fox, the couple’s daughter.
